65th Ligonier Highland Games Saturday, September 14, 2024
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CONGRATULATIONS TO Rev. SCOTT DENNIS THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2022 CLAN DONALD EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE TRUST SCHOLARSHIP. 
Rev. DENNIS IS CURRENTLY DEFENDING HIS PhD THESIS AND OBTAINING HIS DOCTOR OF THEOLOGY DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW

THE CLAN DONALD EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE TRUST

The Clan Donald Educational and Charitable Trust is the parent organization that oversees and makes possible the activities of the Ligonier Highland Games.  For over 60 years the Trust has used the proceeds from the Games to support the scholarship programs for the advancement of students studying in Scotland and also to provide local scholarships in piping, drumming, dancing and fiddling for the preservation and promotion of Scottish Arts here in the Pittsburgh region.

The members of the Trust support the Ligonier Highland Games through their contributions, both financial and material and the generous use of their time, all to preserve and promote Scottish culture, heritage and arts.


In the past 63 years the Clan Donald Trust has granted over $300,000 in scholarships for graduates students and for local practitioners to advance their knowledge of piping, drumming, dancing, fiddling, harping and the Gaelic language.

Past recipients of the scholarships have been  educators, ministers, physicians, scientists and authors. Currently two previous scholarship recipients serve as board members on the Trust, including Elizabeth Knight, the 2016 Scholarship winner.


Each year the Clan Donald Educational and Charitable Trust awards a scholarship for American students studying at Universities in Scotland.

The Clan Donald Educational and Charitable Trust is a 501c3 non-profit organization with no paid staff or employees and all proceeds go to support the scholarship program for study abroad and for scholarships for the preservation of Scottish arts such as dancing, piping, drumming, Gaelic language, harping and fiddling.
Your donation is tax-deductible and you can help, and receive the benefits of being a supporter of the preservation of Scottish heritage with the form below:
CLAN DONALD TRUST CONTRIBUTION FORM

The Clan Donald Trust welcomes the newest Trustee member, Elizabeth (Beth) M. Knight to our board.  Beth was the recipient of a 2016 Scholarship, holds a Masters Degree in Textile Conservation and currently works at the Smithsonian Institution preserving important pieces of our American history and heritage.

TRUSTEES

GORDON M. REID, chairman
BOYD S. MURRAY, treasurer
ROBERT W. GALBRAITH, secretary
THOMAS R. JOHNSON Esq., solicitor
GEORGE BALDEROSE
ELIZABETH M. KNIGHT
DAVID MACDONALD of CASTLE CAMUS

REV. CANON JOHN A. MACDONALD of KINGSBURGH
ALLAN MacDOUGALL
JANET L. WALKER
, Ph.D
RICHARD WONDERLY

PAUL THOMPSON
ROBERT C. GALBRAITH, trustee emeritus
JAMES D. DARBY, trustee emeritus

For more information please visit the Clan Donald Trust website

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