Scholarship Fund to Award $4,500 to Students This year. Enter Sept. 8

The following was submitted by Melissa Doherty. It has been lightly edited.

The Mark and Michelle Gorman Scholarship Fund is pleased to announce that they will be awarding $4500 in scholarships to eligible Charlestown students for the 2012 – 2013 school year.

This year, six scholarships will be awarded, one to a girl and one to a boy, in each of the following categories: preschool – 8th grade; High School; and College or participation in a higher education or vocational program. 

Eligible candidates must be Charlestown residents or players in our softball tournament. Children of softball tournament donors are also eligible to be entered in the drawing for the scholarships. 

Students private and/or Catholic schools are­ eligible for these awards as well as children paying tuition at other programs.

To apply for a scholarship, please write the student’s name, address, phone number, school, and grade on a 3x5 index card. Completed cards should be dropped off during our annual softball tournament at the Barry Playground, which will be held on Sept. 8 from 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Only 3x5 index cards will be accepted.

Winners will be chosen in a lottery and all scholarship awards will be given directly to the school that the winner is enrolled in. September 8th is the only day that the committee will accept names of candidates. Only one index card per child will be accepted.

In addition, there will be a celebration after the tournament at the Somerville City Club from 7:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. with DJ Dennis Taylor.  All are welcome and admission price is $20 (softball participants admitted for free). All funds raised will go to support our scholarship program. We hope that you will join us and celebrate the lives and memories of Mark and Michelle Gorman.