Ernest J. Freeman Jr., Master of Gulf Beach Lodge in 1984, had a vision. This vision was to create a scholarship fund that would grant deserving local students funds to assist in their college tuition. It was also his vision to create a fund which would be self perpetuating thereby being a source of assistance well into the future.
After the passing of WB Freeman the scholarship fund was renamed in his memory as the "Ernest J. Freeman Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund" and has helped support four college students each year since its inception.