Southington Students Among Those Receiving $135,000 in Scholarships

Nine Southington residents were among the 121 students who were awarded a total of nearly $135,000 in scholarships from the Main Street Community Foundation.

The scholarship grants were awarded during the Foundation’s annual Scholarship Reception at Hawk’s Landing Country Club in Southington on June 12, that was attended by more than 200 people.

“The talent and potential for success represented by this year’s scholarship recipients is impressive,” said Susan Sadecki, President & CEO of the Community Foundation. “We are thrilled to support these students and grateful to the donors whose generosity make these awards possible every year.”

This year a total of 146 scholarship grants were awarded from 57 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.

The 2014-2015 scholarship recipients from Southington are:

• Bristol Yale Scholarship: Adaliss Rodriguez
• Peg Coughlin Nursing Scholarship: Sofia Gonzalez
• Richard A. DellaVecchia Scholarship: Rachel Klem and Colin Murphy
• Thérèse MacCallum “Great Kid” Scholarship: Emily Bonomi and Brooke Cochrane
• Robert E. & Angeline P. McCormack Scholarship: Olivia Corriveau
• Dorothy Dewey Picard Scholarship: Michael Petit
• Kristen Warner Scholarship: Diane Hassanieh and Rachel Klem
• AJR Nocera Memorial Scholarship: Rachel Klem
• Southington Observer/StepSaver Scholarship: Rachel Klem 

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.