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Orland Township Scholarship Foundation Awards Dinner
More than $16,000 in Scholarship Awards Presented to Local Students
Twenty-two Orland Township students received funds for their first year in college, according to the office of Orland Township Supervisor and Scholarship Foundation President Paul O’Grady.
Nearly 100 students applied for the scholarship awards, and after a meticulous review process by the Orland Township Scholarship Foundation Board of Directors, 22 students were awarded scholarships in amounts ranging from $2,000 to $500. Students were chosen based on a combination of their leadership skills, dedication to community service, academic focus, participation in extracurricular activities, recommendations from school representatives, volunteer supervisors and/or employers, and their answers to the assigned essay question.
“The Orland Township Scholarship Foundation is proud to present these very deserving students with scholarship funds to start their college careers,” said Supervisor O’Grady. “We are happy to invest in the long-term future of Orland Township’s most valuable commodity -- our youth.”
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Students who received scholarship awards were:
Carl Sandburg High School
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- Michael Bonaminio
- Jalen Harris
- Therese Jaeger
- Elizabeth Kenes
- Hannah Mallo
- Kayla Snaidauf
Marist High School
- Angelina Marino
- Abigail Ruzevich
- Eliza Shroba
Providence Catholic High School
- Margaret Hurley
- Kathleen Johnson
- Victoria Quinlan
- Kathryn Rost
Victor J. Andrew High School
- Jack Ballard
- Joseph Dehaan
- Madison Devine
- Jonathan Laxamana
- Noah O’Connor
- Nicholas Persha
- Logan Radgowski
- Abigail Skarbek
- Gia Yetter
The scholarships were presented at an outdoor awards dinner held July 16 on the Orland Township grounds.
