Bill and Carolyn Moon 2026 Scholarship Open
The NATSO Foundation is now accepting Bill and Carolyn Moon Scholarship applications.
The scholarship provides much needed and deserved assistance to industry students planning for their post-secondary education and has awarded over $250,000 in scholarships. Each spring, the NATSO Foundation releases the scholarship application, and applicants are judged by an independent review with selections based on academic merit, community activities, and a short essay.
Truckstop and travel center employees and their legal dependents can apply until May 1, 2026. Employees and their legal dependents who have applied or enrolled to an accredited trade school, college or university are eligible.
One $5,000 scholarship and two $2,500 scholarships will be awarded this year.
Access the 2026 Bill and Carolyn Moon Scholarship Application here.
The Bill and Carolyn Moon Scholarship is the NATSO Foundation’s longest-running program. You can make a secure on-line donation to the NATSO Foundation today.
For information about the scholarship program, please contact Amy Toner at atoner@natsofoundation.org.
Sponsor a Bill and Carolyn Moon Scholarship Recipient
Each year, the NATSO Foundation awards $5,000 scholarships to deserving students with ties to the truck stop and travel center industry to put towards higher education.
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Bill and Carolyn Moon Scholarship scholarships are financed through tax-deductible contributions to the NATSO Foundation. Please help by sponsoring a Bill and Carolyn Moon Recipient.
2025 Bill and Carolyn Moon Scholarship Winners
In 2025, the NATSO Foundation awarded two $5,000 under the Bill and Carolyn Moon Scholarship, which helps truck stop and travel center owners and operators, their employees, and their families further their education.
Recipients of the NATSO Foundation’s 2025 Bill and Carolyn Moon Scholarship are:
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Christine Blystone, TA Sayre #0152, Sayre, OK
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Brynn Marsh, Sapp Bros., Inc., Omaha, NE
For information about the scholarship program, please contact Amy Toner at atoner@natsofoundation.org.
About the Bill and Carolyn Moon Scholarship
For more than 30 years, the Bill and Carolyn Moon Scholarship Program has been changing lives. The scholarship provides much-needed and deserved assistance to industry students planning for their post-secondary education and has awarded over $250,000 in scholarships. Each year since 1993, The NATSO Foundation has awarded scholarships to selected industry employees and their children to help offset the cost of a college education. In 2013, the NATSO Foundation Board of Directors elected to raise the amount of the scholarship from $2,500 to $5,000. The origins of the Bill and Carolyn Moon Scholarship Program can be traced to 1989, when the Mason-Dixon Truck Stop Operators Association made a $5,000 contribution for use in establishing an industry scholarship program. In 1993, the Northeast Truck Stop Operators Association made a $5000 contribution and Carolyn Moon added an additional $10,000. The NATSO Foundation began awarding scholarships to industry employees and their families in 1993.
Bill Moon made substantial contributions to NATSO, actively supporting and participating in industry-related government affairs issues, serving as Chairman of NATSO in 1989, and becoming the first Chairman of The NATSO Foundation in 1990. Carolyn Moon served as a co-founder of NATSO, provided leadership for the NATSO government affairs committee, and supported the NATSO Foundation.
Education was always a Moon family priority. Bill and his wife, Carolyn, both graduated from Southwest Missouri State University, and all three of their children received degrees from The University of Iowa.
Bill Moon lost his battle with cancer in 1992. His wife Carolyn passed away in May 2017, but Bill and Carolyn Moon left a legacy that is carried on today by the Moon children. Fittingly, the scholarship program was named in Bill’s memory. In 2017, the scholarship was renamed the Bill and Carolyn Moon Scholarship.
The NATSO Foundation represents the commitment and caring that is the backbone of the travel center industry. You can make a secure on-line donation to the NATSO Foundation today. You can make a secure on-line donation to the Bill and Carolyn Moon Scholarship Program here.