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Cape Cod Mall Awarded Two Students $1,500 Simon Youth Foundation Community Scholarships

Simon Malls and Simon Premium Outlets in New England awarded scholarships to 26 high school seniors

Simon Malls and Simon Premium Outlets in New England recently announced that 26 high school seniors, including Katie Curran of Pocasset, and Khala Jusell of Dennis, were awarded Simon Youth Foundation Scholarships totaling more than $80,000. Curran will continue her education this fall at Columbia University and Jusell at University of New Hampshire with help from Cape Cod Mall and the Simon Youth Foundation (SYF), a national non-profit organization dedicated to helping at-risk students graduate high school and to providing scholarship opportunities for college-bound students.

Scholarship recipients attended a celebratory reception on Wednesday, July 20th at Burlington Mall in Burlington, Massachusetts.

CAPTION (from left to right): J. Michael Durnil, President and CEO of Simon Youth Foundation; Katie Curran, Award Recipient; Allen Smith, Interim Mall Manager at Cape Cod Mall; Alena Reardon, Director of Marketing & Development at Cape Cod Mall

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