Your gift to the Orville L. and Harriett Schmitz Scholarship Fund with the Buchanan County Community Foundation provides funding for scholarships awarded through the University of Northern Iowa Foundation, Iowa State University Foundation, and the University of Iowa Foundation to full-time students who reside in Buchanan County and who demonstrate financial need. As the cost of tuition continues to rise, it is more important now than ever to diminish the barrier of affordability and allow students to focus on what is most important - their education.