{"id":1432,"date":"2021-03-12T10:42:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kcfadogs.org\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2021-03-16T14:36:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T19:36:21","slug":"marine-terry-beck-scholarship-announced-at-k9-veterans-day-virtual-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kcfadogs.org\/?p=1432","title":{"rendered":"Marine Terry Beck Scholarship Announced at K9 Veterans Day Virtual Event"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marine Terry Beck and K9 Seato<\/p><\/div>\n

As part of the 2021 K9 Veterans Day ceremony , The Kennel Club of Fort Atkinson, Inc. (KCFA) announced the creation of a scholarship in memory of Marine Scout Dog Handler Terry Beck.\u00a0\u00a0 Beck was an 18-year-old Fort Atkinson resident killed in action with his K9 partner, Seato, in Vietnam in December 1967.<\/p>\n

This scholarship, in recognition of Terry Beck’s passion to protect and serve his country and its citizens, will offer financial support to Fort Atkinson High School graduates who plan to enter the field of protective services.<\/p>\n

A fundraising campaign has been launched in support of this scholarship, with a goal of $15,000 to be raised by September 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

Contributions may be sent to:<\/strong>\u00a0 KCFA – Terry Beck Scholarship, c\/o Mabel Schumacher, Treasurer, 848 Messmer Street, Fort Atkinson, WI, 53538.\u00a0 Checks should be made payable to “KCFA – Terry Beck Scholarship.”<\/p>\n

The KCFA has been honoring K9s and their handlers for the past several years, working to establish March 13th as Wisconsin’s K9 Veterans Day, and hosting annual celebrations of the event.\u00a0 Due to the pandemic, this year’s recognition was held virtually, honoring seventeen K9s.\u00a0\u00a0 The Marine Terry Beck Protective Services Scholarship<\/strong> was announced at the event, with speakers including Mabel Schumacher, KCFA Treasurer;\u00a0 Gary Wolfram, a friend of Terry Beck’s; and Army Veteran Richard Miles.<\/p>\n

Please visit https:\/\/youtube\/qmLIeCK3pWE<\/a> to view the 2021 K9 Veterans Day Virtual Event video <\/strong>(approximately 17 minutes in length).<\/p>\n

For more details about the Marine Terry Beck Scholarship, please follow these links:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fundraising Brochure Terry Beck Scholarship<\/a><\/p>\n

Fundraising Letter Terry Beck Scholarship<\/a><\/p>\n

Press Release Terry Beck Scholarship<\/a><\/p>\n

We hope you will consider making a donation in support of this scholarship, established in memory of Terry Beck and Seato, and the ultimate sacrifice they made.\u00a0 Thank you!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Related pages:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Coverage of K9 Veterans Day Virtual Event and Scholarship Announcement<\/a> by FortAtkinsonOnline.com<\/p>\n

Daily Jefferson County Union article 2021 03 Mar 15-1<\/a><\/p>\n

K9 Veterans Day<\/a>\u00a0 K9 Veterans Day is officially observed on March 13th in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

K9 Veterans Memorial<\/a>\u00a0 The K9 Veterans Memorial at McCoy Park, Fort Atkinson, honors all working K9s and features Marine Terry Beck and Seato.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As part of the 2021 K9 Veterans Day ceremony , The Kennel Club of Fort Atkinson, Inc. (KCFA) announced the creation of a scholarship in memory of Marine Scout Dog Handler Terry Beck.\u00a0\u00a0 Beck was an 18-year-old Fort Atkinson resident killed in action with his K9 partner, Seato, in Vietnam in December 1967. This scholarship, … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,6],"tags":[43,62,63,64],"class_list":["post-1432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news","category-projects","category-special-events","tag-k9","tag-scholarship","tag-terry-beck","tag-veteran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kcfadogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kcfadogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kcfadogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kcfadogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kcfadogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1432"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.kcfadogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1459,"href":"http:\/\/www.kcfadogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432\/revisions\/1459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kcfadogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kcfadogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kcfadogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}