{"id":3095,"date":"2024-04-15T19:45:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T19:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.keystonesmiles.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=3095"},"modified":"2024-11-22T20:16:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T20:16:24","slug":"ross-a-mcginnis-endowment-fund","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.keystonesmiles.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/ross-a-mcginnis-endowment-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross A. McGinnis Endowment Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3095\" class=\"elementor elementor-3095\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73fb042 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"73fb042\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-513add1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"513add1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78024fd1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78024fd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Specialist Ross A. McGinnis Service Award Endowment Fund celebrates a Medal of Honor recipient and paves the way for future small-town heroes.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-658f0371 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"658f0371\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Ross McGinnis Memorial Endowment is dedicated to the preservation of the memory of Spc. Ross A McGinnis\u2019s military career and personal sacrifice.  Endowment Assistance is available to military Veterans, Young People entering the military service and those individuals who have shown exemplary achievement in Community Service.\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dfff81c elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1dfff81c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-shrink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?cmd=_s-xclick&#038;hosted_button_id=8Y2JN8CFJ3MBA&#038;source=url&#038;ssrt=1720810187300\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Donate To Endowment<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09f5065 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"09f5065\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dec4e16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dec4e16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keystonesmiles.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Ross-A.-McGinnis-Mobile-Banner-1024x859.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3108\" alt=\"Ross McGinnis in his service uniform, a close up of the Medal of Honor and a 10th Mountain Division Unity Patch.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keystonesmiles.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Ross-A.-McGinnis-Mobile-Banner-1024x859.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.keystonesmiles.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Ross-A.-McGinnis-Mobile-Banner-300x252.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.keystonesmiles.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Ross-A.-McGinnis-Mobile-Banner-768x644.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.keystonesmiles.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Ross-A.-McGinnis-Mobile-Banner.webp 1203w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b63efdd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1b63efdd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-157860cf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"157860cf\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keystonesmiles.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/bio_left_original.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.keystonesmiles.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/bio_left_original-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47eeebc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47eeebc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ross grew up in Knox, PA and was a student of the Keystone SMILES Crossroads program.\u00a0 Upon completion of the program, Ross returned to Keystone High School, graduated, and enter the Army following his high school graduationAs a soldier, he sacrificed his life to save the lives of 4 other Soldiers, in Adhamiyah, Iraq on December 4th, 2006.\u00a0 He was a heavy machine gunner for 1st Platoon, Charlie Company,\u00a0 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-088d1b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"088d1b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The United States Army honors SPC McGinnis on their website.\u00a0 You can also read his official Medal of Honor citation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d049acd elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d049acd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link 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