Scholarships & Programs

Fines Creek Community Association Scholarship
FCCA Scholarship Committee
PO Box 992
Lake Junaluska, NC 28745

Fines Creek Community Association (FCCA) is partnering with WNC Communities by aligning the FCCA scholarship application with the George H. V. Cecil Journey Scholarship application offered by WNC Communities. High school seniors in the Fines Creek Community who are eligible for the Journey Scholarship are also eligible for the FCCA scholarship and are encouraged to apply for both. Instructions on how to apply for the FCCA scholarship are located on page 3 of the Journey Scholarship under Applying for other Community Club scholarships https://wnccommunities.org/journey-scholarship/

Fines Creek Community Association (FCCA) awards as many annual $500 ($250 per semester) scholarships as FCCA funds allow. This award is available to any eligible student in the Fines Creek Community (Fines Creek, Panther Creek, White Oak and Waterville). The Fines Creek Community is defined by the area within the attendance lines for the former Fines Creek School. An eligible student is one who is completing his/her last year of high school and is planning to attend college the following fall. The FCCA helps students with four-year scholarships but reserves the right to limit any scholarship to two years in order to support additional applicants.

Eligibility Criteria specific for FCCA Scholarship

A Fines Creek Community resident for at least two years
A graduating senior from a Haywood County High School or a non-public education program as certified by the NC Division of Non-public Education
Volunteer hours at the Fines Creek Community Center. Volunteer hours are required for each year that the scholarship is awarded and consists of at least ten (10) hours a year. This obligation may be fulfilled by an immediate family member participating in the student’s absence.

Application

The FCCA Scholarship application will be complete and valid when you, the student, have provided a copy of the Journey Scholarship application, copies of student recommendations and the signed FCCA Fact Sheet. Due date is May 1, 2023.

Signature of Applicant _________________________________ Date: ________________

Print Your Full Name __________________________________

Please contact Karen Hammett if you have additional questions. To view and print this page click here.

WNC Honors Award
Michelle Walker and Karen Hammett attended the WNC Communities Honors Awards on November 11, 2023. Over 55 communities were represented at the luncheon. Communities from the seventeen western counties comprise the eligible membership for WNC Communities. Fines Creek Community Association was recognized at the Redbud level and received an additional award for best in class! Humpy Lambert of Harrah’s Casino Resorts presented the award to Michelle and Karen. […]
Fire Camp at Community Center
On Thursday, November 16, 2023, the Fines Creek gym was opened for the use of the US Forest Service and other agencies involved with the efforts to contain the Black Bear fire along Interstate 40. The community association cancelled the monthly dance and turned the gym into the Fire Camp for those fighting the Black Bear fire. Because of smoke on the interstate, possible I-40 lane closures and activity at the community center, please be aware of the increased traffic on Fines Creek Road. This situation continues indefinitely. […]
THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH YOUTH
The First United Methodist Church youth volunteered at the Fines Creek Community Center on the afternoon of July 19th. These engaging teenagers cleaned auditorium seats and floors, pulled staples and nails out of walls, flattened boxes, painted and scraped the walls in a small room, organized and cleaned the dining room of the cafeteria and moved items from one building to another. Their energy was such a great help in accomplishing many tasks at the center. The FCCA board wants to thank the group for all the work that they did. […]
Sudden Urgent Needs grant
A Sudden Urgent Needs grant from the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (cfwnc) enabled the Fines Creek Community Association (FCCA) to repair the damage incurred in the cafeteria kitchen. In December 2022 a board member discovered a gas leak in the cafeteria. Immediately, the propane heaters were turned off and the space was ventilated. Before the propane leak could be located, the hard freeze of December occurred. The subzero temperatures froze the plumbing pipes beneath the sink, the spray faucet, the toilet, and the water heater. FCCA requested a grant from cfwnc to help repair these damages. Until heat and water could be restored to the cafeteria kitchen, the space could not be used. FCCA applied for a Sudden Urgent Needs grant which was awarded and repairs began immediately. Under the direction of Gregg Livengood, new heaters and pipes were ordered. The heaters would replace the old, less efficient heaters of 20+ years. Dale Ledford and John Haynes moved the sink and tore out the old frozen plumbing. This labor readied the sink for new pipes in addition to a grease trap which the cfwnc funds enabled FCCA to purchase. A new faucet, toilet and water heater were obtained but work could not begin until heat was restored or the weather warmed. The heaters finally arrived in late March and were mounted in the dinning room and kitchen in April. Once the heaters were in place Gregg could determine the length and pipe fittings needed for the new heaters. The former heater pipes were not usable with the new heaters. Meanwhile the services of a plumber were needed to reach the damaged pipes inside the kitchen wall. Those pipes were removed and new connections made. When the grease trap arrived ,once again a plumber installed the grease trap and connected the sink to the interior wall pipes. Gregg installed the new water heater and faucet. Now dishes can be washed in the kitchen again. Jerry Morris led the efforts to get the new comfort-height toilet installed. The new toilet is now working. The old toilet partition was removed by Gregg and the space will be repainted by one of the scholarship volunteers. A number of other volunteers contributed to this work and FCCA thanks all of them. The kitchen is functioning again and is in better condition with more efficient heaters, a comfort height toilet, a grease trap and new plumbing cut-off valves to make future repairs more easily done. The Sudden Urgent Needs grant of cfwnc made these repairs and improvements to happen. […]
March 2023 Newsletter
Community News The community center and fire department will be holding a benefit for Linda Teague on Saturday, March 25th from 4 – 9 pm. Linda is a life-long community member who has cancer. The community will lose her. Please come and support the Teague family as they focus on Linda during these days. The Fines Creek Community Center received a Sudden and Urgent Needs grant from the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina to replace the old heaters in the cafeteria. Also the grant funds will replace pipes, toilet, water heater and faucet which froze during the intense cold spell this winter. The kitchen area of the cafeteria remains unusable until the pipes and water heater are replaced. Once the new heaters are installed, then the pipes, water heater, toilet and faucet can be fixed. Highway 209 and Fines Creek Road continue to have a high volume of traffic when the back-up grows on I-40 where the high and low White Oak bridges are being repaired. This congestion will continue for several years. Please be aware and plan for cars driven by people unfamiliar with the narrow, rural road. KEEP the dogs and cows at home! […]

Scholarships & Programs

Fines Creek Community Association Scholarship FCCA Scholarship Committee PO Box 992 Lake Junaluska, NC 28745

Fines Creek Community Association Scholarship
FCCA Scholarship Committee
PO Box 992
Lake Junaluska, NC 28745