The Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation is creating the Dorothy Looser-Flake and Roberta Looser Scholarship Endowment at Western Illinois University. A $50,000 gift has been made to the school for the program. The foundation was created by the two sisters to advance economic development and further cultural and educational opportunities in Mercer County, with a particular focus on New Boston Township. The Dorothy Looser-Flake and Roberta Looser Scholarship is available to any Mercer County resident who is enrolled full-time at Western Illinois University. Preference is given to education or agriculture undergraduate students who have demonstrated community service to Mercer County. The hope is that those who receive this scholarship will then return to Mercer County to reside after graduating from WIU. The two sisters, who are now deceased, were WIU grads and grew up in New Boston Township. Both were longtime teachers.