b'14THEFORUMPITTSBURGH FOUNDATIONEVERYAS A LITTLE GIRL IN THE EARLY 2000s,I collected change in an PENNYold mason jar. I checked our couch cushions weekly, raided the center console in my moms car every chance I got, and frequently scanned every countertop and table in the house for orphaned coins. The only denomination safe from my eager-to-get-rich hands were pennies.COUNTS When my mom saw my jar full of silver, she asked me two questions: Why dont you collect pennies? and So, youre the one taking the change out of my car?A penny seemed like nothing back then. However, in my life now as a college student, its clear that Ive needed every penny of every scholarship I have received. One is from A BENEFICIARY OF THEthe Melville Alexander Eberhardt Memorial Fund, which COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONprovides aid to graduating Pennsylvania high school seniors OF WESTMORELANDin financial need who are headed to two- or four-year colleges. COUNTYS SCHOLARSHIPThe fund is among those that have been established at The PROGRAM DESCRIBES HOWCommunity Foundation of Westmoreland County (CFWC) AWARDS HELP DONORSand The Pittsburgh Foundation to make grants every year HONOR LOVED ONES WHILE MAKING COLLEGE MOREin perpetuity. AFFORDABLE. The two organizations oversee one of the largest community foundationled scholarship programs in the'