In 2017, Brandon Willis joined students from New Albany High School, Ohio, for a trip to South Africa with Original Wisdom. He traveled as a member of a high school class titled “Wildlife Tracking, Digital Photography and Robotic Applications.” Brandon was already an accomplished photographer before he joined us for the trip. He dove into the robotics piece with great enthusiasm and became known for his Monitor robot which he used to approach and photograph a white rhino in the bush. In 2020, Brandon left us all too soon but his passion for wildlife, photography and his love of South Africa resulted in his family creating this scholarship fund in his memory. One hundred precent of donations made in his name are set aside to help provide for a high school or college student to travel to South Africa to participate in an Original Wisdom program. The student must have a strong passion for photography and/or wildlife tracking and be a part of a program or class that is learning about and working towards conservation.
We thank Brandon’s parents, Steve and Mary Willis, and his sister Lindsey, for sharing Brandon with us. Traveling together for weeks in the bush bring us very close in a short amount of time and we treasure the time we had together.
Donations are still being accepted for the scholarship fund. Please reach out to Sandy Reed via email, Sandy@OriginalWisdom.com.
Thank you to the following donors:
Body Pure Pilates
Vikki Early
Linda and Corky Freidenberg
Miriam Freimer
Harriette and Randy Hansell
Rhonda Jenson
David and Lauri Kaplan
Bob and Clemy Keidan
Brian and Jullia King
Mary Kay McClellan
Constance McCreary
Doug, Suzann and David Pusser
Tonia Ralph
Sandy and Cal Reed
Ellen and Gary Rogers
Jeri Block and Bobby Schottenstein and family
Mary Spurrier
Melissa Sulivan
John Townsend
Steve Behnke and Christine Watchorn
Sara Wolfson
Aunt Diane, Courtney, and Dustin
