The Doug Shull Memorial MHS Cross Country Endowment Fund
Help us build a strong future for the Morton High School Cross Country Program

His Story, Our Journey: Remembering Doug with Love
This fund was started in June of 2010. The purpose of the Fund shall be to make annual distributions to the District to assist in supporting its Boys and Girls Cross Country programs. The purpose of the Endowment shall be accomplished, by way of illustration and not by limitation, by supporting the purchase of uniforms, equipment; defraying the costs of participating in meets, and/or competitions; providing scholarships for worthy Cross Country runners who are unable to fund their participation in cross Country activities; and other Cross Country activities. In May of 2025, the fund was renamed the “Doug Shull Memorial MHS Cross Country Endowment Fund” through a major gift from Doug’s widow, Angie Shull, and an MCF Board Resolution making the change.
by Angie Shull (Doug's wife)
I may not have been there to see Doug run in his freshman and sophomore years of cross country, but he enjoyed sharing many stories with me.
Thank you,
Angie Shull
Parents were then challenged to donate $1 per minute of their runner's personal best (PB) time of the season. So, after the first cross country season, checks started arriving at the MCF in amounts like $16.01, $17.12, and $24.17 based on runners' PB times. Occasionally, parents have donated $10/minute instead of the suggested $1/minute. Then, after 2 cross country seasons had passed, an anonymous couple stopped in the Foundation office and asked how much it would take to get the fund up to the $10,000 needed to begin grantmaking. The couple ended up making a $5,500 donation bringing the fund balance to the $10,000 mark, ensuring that the first grant would be given to the cross country program before their students graduated from MHS. The first grant in the amount of $500 was given to the cross country program in the Spring of 2012.
Grants have been given every year since 2012, and have grown each year. With these grants, the MHS Cross Country program has been able to purchase things like: a pop-up tent used at meets, new warm-ups, a video camera, and Garmin GPS running watches.
If you would like to make a tax deductible donation to this endowment fund, please click the button below for online donations. Or, you can mail a check to 135 S First Ave, Morton, IL 61550. Write "MHS Cross Country Endowment" in the memo line.