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Lindy Forbes believes in supporting scholarships Alumni feature from Campbellsville University Lindy Kaye Forbes grew up amidst construction, art and farming with her father, while absorbing the administrative side of business, home and food management from her mother. Along the way, she learned generosity from her parents and a grandmother who embraced the belief that “it is more blessed to give than to receive.” With that upbringing on their 1,500 acre Arrowhead Ranch in Green County, Lindy’s ‘let’s get down to business’ attitude of helping future students have money to attend Campbellsville University is no surprise. “God put us on this earth to help others,” she said, “It’s our purpose in life.” She has lived that personal mission as an alumna and in 2015, she and her mother made the bold steps of becoming members of the Covenant Society, including CU in their estate plans. Why Campbellsville University? Lindy said, “You could not turn the corner anywhere on campus and not feel God’s love coming through the CU family when I was a student here. CU gives students an education in the facts and basics, and it also educates the soul – professors and coaches care about helping students develop their whole selves.” That observation came into sharp focus when a fellow student told Lindy how a pair of shoes changed his life. His story allowed her to feel the impact that the CU mission has on students. “That young basketball player came to CU with nothing,” she said, “wearing tennis shoes that were taped together. His coach went out and bought him new ones.” To this day, the student says the gift of those tennis shoes was life changing for him. Any time she comes back to a reunion she feels she’s home again. The desire to help other students have this same experience was strong motivation for both Lindy and her mother in their decision to include Campbellsville University in their wills. “Part of that,” she said of including CU in her estate plans, “is because I want my legacy to include helping students get an education they might not otherwise be able to afford. “CU became my extended family,” she said. “As an only child, the friendships I made as an on-campus student living in Stapp Hall, have lasted my whole life.” That’s why she also recommends students live on campus, gaining the whole experience of life amongst the school family. Through 25 years as a teacher in Hart and Barren Counties she saw many kids wanting to go to college, struggling, who just didn’t have the money - they just needed help. That kind of help can be made available to students, she said, when those of us who can, support the scholarship program and see that it remains strong. When folks marvel at her lifestyle and her generosity and ask how she can do that, she tells them about everyday choices that make the difference. She said she applies the business management principals learned at the hands of her parents and furthered in the CU School of Business and Economics. She lives those principals daily, investing, enjoying life and sharing what she receives. Lindy and her husband, Perry, live on the ranch. They raise beef cattle and enjoy travel and helping others at every opportunity. Her stepdaughter Tonya Stapp is also a graduate of Campbellsville University and there are now two little granddaughters, Ava and Lily – perhaps the next generation of CU students. This story was posted on 2020-12-31 09:23:05
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