"Lincoln Foundation and the Whitney M. YOUNG Scholars Program helped mold me into a leader by teaching me how to be a team player. I've always wanted to stay involved with the Lincoln Foundation regardless of what I am doing."
- Willie Clarkson, Whitney M. YOUNG Scholars Program Class of 2002, University of Louisville, 2005
"Lincoln Foundation's Whitney M. YOUNG Scholars Program is a wonderful program that is going to help me become successful. I plan to complete the program in 2010 with a bright future ahead of me. I am going to go to college and get a job that I love."
- Da'Chelle Goodman, Current Whitney M. YOUNG Scholar and student at Pleasure Ridge Park High School
"I hope I can make a positive impact on a child's life as much as Lincoln Foundation has made on my life."
- Kendrick Quisenberry, Whitney M. YOUNG Scholars Program Class of 2004, Murray State University, 2008
"People should support Lincoln Foundation because they have programs that help students who want to succeed in life and awards them for their success in the classroom."
- DeGerald Watson-Morton, Whitney M. YOUNG Scholars Program Class of 2009, Current student at Western Kentucky University