<\/h4>\nCollege Students<\/span><\/h4>\nEach year, the Foundation awards $2,500 scholarships to chosen college students who are Lee and Wise County residents or their descendants. Annually, between 100 to 150 students are funded by the Foundation. Schools also benefit from the Foundation. Mountain Empire Community College and the University of Virginia – Wise have\u00a0received gifts and pledges in excess of $7.5 million combined. As well, Foundation monies helped to build the C. Bascom Slemp Library and the Lee High School auditorium.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nMountain Empire Community College graphic design student Lisa Bledsoe from Stickleyville and art faculty member Alice Harrington from Pennington Gap hang artwork in the Slemp Gallery.<\/h6>\n<\/h4>\nThe Arts<\/span><\/h4>\nWith the help of generous gifts from the Slemp Foundation, residents in the area are able to enjoy cultural arts programs such as the Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama, ProArt Concert Series and Creative Arts Summer Camp, the Friends of the Library Author\u2019s Dinner, Resident Artist in the Schools programs, Appalachia Cultural Center, and various performing arts programs in Lee and Wise Counties.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nPickin\u2019 and Singin\u2019 at June\u2019s Homecoming Party in Lonesome Cove at the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama.<\/h6>\n<\/h4>\nPreserve Regional History<\/span><\/h4>\nOne of C. Bascom Slemp\u2019s dreams was to preserve the spirit of the mountain people by establishing a museum with his own collection of the area\u2019s farm, mining and early settler artifacts as the base of that museum. Provisions in his will did just that. In 1943, the Janie Slemp Newman Collection was turned over to the state of Virginia and it became the Southwest Virginia Museum. Recently, the Foundation purchased an addition for the Southwest Virginia Museum.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n(Tim Cox photo)
\n\u201cC. Bascom Slemp’s legacy of historic and cultural preservation continues at the Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park. Present and future generations receive lasting benefits from the Slemp Foundation’s support of the museum’s education and conservation efforts.”<\/h6>\n-Sharon Ewing, Museum Director<\/h6>\n
Each year, the Foundation awards $2,500 scholarships to chosen college students who are Lee and Wise County residents or their descendants. Annually, between 100 to 150 students are funded by the Foundation. Schools also benefit from the Foundation. Mountain Empire Community College and the University of Virginia – Wise have\u00a0received gifts and pledges in excess of $7.5 million combined. As well, Foundation monies helped to build the C. Bascom Slemp Library and the Lee High School auditorium.<\/p>\n
![\"SlempGallery\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/slempfoundation-org.mcallenphp.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/SlempGallery.jpg\")
<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nMountain Empire Community College graphic design student Lisa Bledsoe from Stickleyville and art faculty member Alice Harrington from Pennington Gap hang artwork in the Slemp Gallery.<\/h6>\n<\/h4>\nThe Arts<\/span><\/h4>\nWith the help of generous gifts from the Slemp Foundation, residents in the area are able to enjoy cultural arts programs such as the Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama, ProArt Concert Series and Creative Arts Summer Camp, the Friends of the Library Author\u2019s Dinner, Resident Artist in the Schools programs, Appalachia Cultural Center, and various performing arts programs in Lee and Wise Counties.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nPickin\u2019 and Singin\u2019 at June\u2019s Homecoming Party in Lonesome Cove at the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama.<\/h6>\n<\/h4>\nPreserve Regional History<\/span><\/h4>\nOne of C. Bascom Slemp\u2019s dreams was to preserve the spirit of the mountain people by establishing a museum with his own collection of the area\u2019s farm, mining and early settler artifacts as the base of that museum. Provisions in his will did just that. In 1943, the Janie Slemp Newman Collection was turned over to the state of Virginia and it became the Southwest Virginia Museum. Recently, the Foundation purchased an addition for the Southwest Virginia Museum.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n(Tim Cox photo)
\n\u201cC. Bascom Slemp’s legacy of historic and cultural preservation continues at the Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park. Present and future generations receive lasting benefits from the Slemp Foundation’s support of the museum’s education and conservation efforts.”<\/h6>\n-Sharon Ewing, Museum Director<\/h6>\n
The Arts<\/span><\/h4>\nWith the help of generous gifts from the Slemp Foundation, residents in the area are able to enjoy cultural arts programs such as the Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama, ProArt Concert Series and Creative Arts Summer Camp, the Friends of the Library Author\u2019s Dinner, Resident Artist in the Schools programs, Appalachia Cultural Center, and various performing arts programs in Lee and Wise Counties.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nPickin\u2019 and Singin\u2019 at June\u2019s Homecoming Party in Lonesome Cove at the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama.<\/h6>\n<\/h4>\nPreserve Regional History<\/span><\/h4>\nOne of C. Bascom Slemp\u2019s dreams was to preserve the spirit of the mountain people by establishing a museum with his own collection of the area\u2019s farm, mining and early settler artifacts as the base of that museum. Provisions in his will did just that. In 1943, the Janie Slemp Newman Collection was turned over to the state of Virginia and it became the Southwest Virginia Museum. Recently, the Foundation purchased an addition for the Southwest Virginia Museum.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n(Tim Cox photo)
\n\u201cC. Bascom Slemp’s legacy of historic and cultural preservation continues at the Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park. Present and future generations receive lasting benefits from the Slemp Foundation’s support of the museum’s education and conservation efforts.”<\/h6>\n-Sharon Ewing, Museum Director<\/h6>\n
<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nPickin\u2019 and Singin\u2019 at June\u2019s Homecoming Party in Lonesome Cove at the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama.<\/h6>\n<\/h4>\nPreserve Regional History<\/span><\/h4>\nOne of C. Bascom Slemp\u2019s dreams was to preserve the spirit of the mountain people by establishing a museum with his own collection of the area\u2019s farm, mining and early settler artifacts as the base of that museum. Provisions in his will did just that. In 1943, the Janie Slemp Newman Collection was turned over to the state of Virginia and it became the Southwest Virginia Museum. Recently, the Foundation purchased an addition for the Southwest Virginia Museum.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n(Tim Cox photo)
\n\u201cC. Bascom Slemp’s legacy of historic and cultural preservation continues at the Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park. Present and future generations receive lasting benefits from the Slemp Foundation’s support of the museum’s education and conservation efforts.”<\/h6>\n-Sharon Ewing, Museum Director<\/h6>\n
Preserve Regional History<\/span><\/h4>\nOne of C. Bascom Slemp\u2019s dreams was to preserve the spirit of the mountain people by establishing a museum with his own collection of the area\u2019s farm, mining and early settler artifacts as the base of that museum. Provisions in his will did just that. In 1943, the Janie Slemp Newman Collection was turned over to the state of Virginia and it became the Southwest Virginia Museum. Recently, the Foundation purchased an addition for the Southwest Virginia Museum.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n(Tim Cox photo)
\n\u201cC. Bascom Slemp’s legacy of historic and cultural preservation continues at the Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park. Present and future generations receive lasting benefits from the Slemp Foundation’s support of the museum’s education and conservation efforts.”<\/h6>\n-Sharon Ewing, Museum Director<\/h6>\n
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