14 Scholarships Awarded to Southington Students

Nine Southington residents were among the 136 students who were awarded $171,000 in scholarships from Main Street Community Foundation recently. The 2016 scholarship recipients from Southington are as follows:

· Because of 26 Kindness Award Scholarship Fund: Morgan Shubert

· Stanley P. Bitel Memorial Fund: Rachel Klem

· Peter and Marjorie Bossi Educational Fund: Kayla Rozanski

· Bristol Yale Club Scholarship Fund: Morgan Shubert

· Richard A. DellaVecchia Scholarship Fund: Alex Rasten

· Vincent T. Kozyrski Scholarship Fund: Morgan Shubert

· Thérèse MacCallum "Great Kid" Scholarship Fund: Garrett Gugliotti

· Robert E. and Angeline P. McCormack Scholarship Fund: Krysta Tsangarides

· AJR Nocera Memorial Fund: Morgan Shubert

· Dorothy Dewey Picard Music Scholarship Fund: Kayla Rozanski

· Douglas Roland Aid for the Trades Scholarship Fund: Tyler Chasse

· Southington Observer/StepSaver Scholarship Fund: Rachel Klem

· Louise (Humphrey) Van Gorder Music Camp Scholarship Fund: Adam Gwara

· Kristen Warner Scholarship Fund: Rachel Dufresne

The majority of scholarship grants were awarded during the Community Foundation’s
June 22, 2016 Scholarship Reception at Hawk’s Landing Country Club in Southington. Nearly 240 people attended the ceremony.

“This year’s group of scholarship recipients is very impressive,” says Susan Sadecki, President & CEO of the Community Foundation. “We are proud to support these students and grateful to the donors whose generosity has made these awards possible for the last 21 years.”

Scholarship grants were awarded from 65 of the 210 named funds administered by the Community Foundation and established by generous local individuals, families and businesses. Although each scholarship has unique criteria, all donors seek to assist students in pursuing their education and achieving their goals and dreams; they have a belief that helping students ease the financial obligations of education is an investment in the future.

All scholarships are awarded through a competitive application process and are available to students at varying levels of their academic careers from the towns of Bristol, Burlington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington and Wolcott as well as other communities. An all volunteer selection committee appointed by the Foundation’s Board of Directors evaluates all applications before recommending recipients.