Cowen Dean Kumler Memorial Foundation

02/24/2026

Cowen is popping up everywhere….

🥃 Newburyport, MA

10/26/2025

Exciting things are coming 🥃💕

08/07/2025

Our foundation has decided to focus on hosting one local organized event annually to focus all of our attention on making sure EVERY SINGLE DETAIL is perfect. That event will be held the end of May each year.

For the fall we have been given a unique opportunity to partner with Spotfund in a fundraising campaign that we hope will be shared all over the country and world!

Every person that shares and or donates is keeping our Cowen Dean’s spirit alive and is helping our foundation give back to the community and the youth starting their next steps as young adults!

Each dollar of your donation is 💯 percent given to our foundation to sponsor scholarships for high school seniors and is 💯 percent tax deductible. You will receive a tax receipt at the time of your donation.

Please share and if you feel compelled donate as well!

Thank you for all of your continued support!
Love, 🧡🖤Cowen’s Momma

http://spot.fund/nwtdfz1sc

08/07/2025

Our foundation has decided to focus on hosting one local organized event annually to focus all of our attention on making sure EVERY SINGLE DETAIL is perfect. That event will be held the end of May each year.

For the fall we have been given a unique opportunity to partner with Spotfund in a fundraising campaign that we hope will be shared all over the country and world!

Every person that shares and or donates is keeping our Cowen Dean’s spirit alive and is helping our foundation give back to the community and the youth starting their next steps as young adults!

Each dollar of your donation is 💯 percent given to our foundation to sponsor scholarships for high school seniors and is 💯 percent tax deductible. You will receive a tax receipt at the time of your donation.

Please share and if you feel compelled donate as well!

Thank you for all of your continued support!
Love, ❤️ Cowen’s Momma

*spotfund is the easiest place to create beautiful and free online fundraisers. It takes just minutes to start raising money today.

06/05/2025

The 2nd Annual Burnouts and Birdies Golf Outing was a huge success!!

96 players; beautiful weather; amazing donations for silent auction; and an immeasurable amount of love and support for our family in memory of our Cowen Dean 💕

Thank you to all of our sponsors and all those that participated in the event!

06/03/2025

We still have a few goodies left from our 2nd annual golf tournament ⛳️
T-shirts are $25 plus shipping;
Hats are $35 plus shipping;
Car Stickers are $10
Black shirts we have 3 — XL and 5 — L;
White shirts we have 1 — XL and 2 — M. DM if interested

05/25/2025

July 16, 2023, we lost our 16-year-old son Cowen tragically in a car accident.

The outpouring of support and love for our Cowen was overwhelming and humbling during the days and weeks that followed, and it was then that we were reminded just how many lives Cowen had been a part of and how many people he had touched in his short 16 years we were blessed enough to have him.

To know Cowen was to love Cowen; he had a smile and a laugh that could light up a room, and he would do anything to help anyone no matter who you were. Cowen would go out of his way to make things easier for anyone he encountered, and he was always “fixing things.”

Cowen had planned to continue on to welding school after his high school graduation where he would train for a career in what he loved to do and excelled beyond his years at.

We established the Cowen Dean Kumler Memorial Foundation as a way to not only honor the legacy of our son, but a way to give back to the community for years to come by providing scholarships to graduating seniors that will be continuing their education in a Trade Based School. Though we do not get those celebratory moments with our son or the opportunity to see where the future would have taken him; we do get to be a part of helping others on similar paths that Cowen had been on to reach their dreams.

The Scholarship criteria set by our board of directors requires all applicants to have a GPA of 2.5 or better, have 3 letters of recommendations from school faculty or employers, be employed during high school, and be accepted into a trade school for welding or other trades. They are also required to submit an essay with their application.

The applicant that we have selected to receive the Scholarship from the Cowen Dean Kumler Memorial Foundation far exceeded those criteria. This applicant has been a member of the Tippecanoe Valley Anglers Club, a member of FFA which includes being a member of the FFA Forestry team (which brought home the state title in January) and a member of the FFA welding team where he was named State Runner up in the senior division, and 2nd High Individual out of 100 welders at the State Welding competition this year, all while maintaining a GPA of 3.49. This young man will be attending Kentucky Welding Institute with hopes of making an impact in agriculture through welding.

The letters of recommendation we received for this applicant were glowing, and the essay he submitted was written from the heart of a young man that we believe truly sees the impact he can make in his community.

We are truly honored to present the 2025 Scholarship on behalf of the Cowen Dean Kumler Memorial Foundation to Mr. Aaron Backus!

04/19/2025

A big CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 to Mr. Gavin Young!

He just completed a 15 week program with Southeast Lineman Training Center in Trenton, Georgia. This program teaches more than the trade; It teaches Integrity, Courage, Respect, Work ethic, Dedication, and Teamwork…..

Gavin was the first recepient of The Cowen Dean Kumler Memorial Foundation Scholarship last spring.

It’s truly an honor to be a part of him following his dreams and his future! Cheers to the SLTC class 76

03/23/2025

Did you know for every tumbler ordered $12 goes straight to Cowen’s Foundation?!! These tumblers come in 2 sizes; 2 colors; and glittery or non-glittery; and legit hold ice for days! DM if you want to order and support Cowen’s foundation…