In 2019, Pottawattamie County Special Deputy Anthony Kava, Investigator Jim Doty and Deputy Ryan Avis created The Cari Farver Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Community Foundation for Western Iowa (givewesterniowa.org) to honor Cari Farver. Cari was murdered in 2012, and the case garnered national headlines with coverage from numerous networks, including NBC, Investigation Discovery, ABC, Lifetime and a documentary on Netflix.
The Cari Farver Memorial Scholarship Fund was established at the Community Foundation for Western Iowa, formerly the Pottawattamie County Community Foundation, to honor Cari Farver – a vibrant, talented and caring person from Macedonia, IA. Her friends and family remember Farver as a “courageous spirit” and “love of life” fondly, and the scholarship fund is a tribute to her passion for helping others.
One of several goals for the Cari Farver Memorial Scholarship Fund is to reclaim the narrative surrounding her life and honor her kind and giving nature. Annually, the Cari Farver Scholarship is awarded to a student who is pursuing a career in computer and information technology at Iowa Western.
For more information about The Cari Farver Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Community Foundation for Western Iowa, visit farverscholarship.org.
The Community Foundation for Western Iowa is a tax-exempt public charity, 501(c)(3), that serves thousands of people who share a common interest in improving the quality of life in western Iowa. For more information, go to givewesterniowa.org.