Kraft Accepting Scholarship Applications For Foxboro Students

FOXBOROUGH, MA — The Partners in Patriotism Fund, the Kraft Group's community nonprofit arm, started accepting applications for the 2019 Partners in Patriotism Scholarship.

Established in 2017, the Partners in Patriotism (PIP) scholarship awards up to five, $5,000 scholarships to graduating high school seniors from Foxborough. To be eligible for a PIP scholarship, an applicant must:

• Be a Foxborough resident and a graduating high school senior
• Plan to attend a postsecondary education institution
• Demonstrate a dedication to community service
• Complete the Partners in Patriotism scholarship application
• Submit one letter of recommendation
• Submit one essay not exceeding 1,000 words that addresses one of the following:

-What does the Patriot way mean to you?

-In your opinion, what is the best way to give back to your community and why?

-How do you plan to make a difference in your community?

-Provide at least two examples of how you have exhibited the qualities of hard work, integrity, team work and selflessness during your high school career.

-Describe how you persevered through an adverse or difficult situation in your life and the lessons you learned.

Applications, essay questions and more information about the scholarship can be found on the Partners in Patriotism website. Completed applications, including essays and letters of recommendations, must be emailed to pipfund@patriots.com by April 1.

Scholarship winners will be announced prior to graduation.

Foxborough residents Caroline Boudreau, Anir Gubbala, Joshua Jacobson, Catherine Luciano and Holly O’Toole were the first recipients of the PIP scholarship in 2018. The recipients each received customized PIP scholarship footballs and were invited to attend the Patriots preseason home opener in a Gillette Stadium suite last August.

Photo: Partners in Patriotism 2018 Scholarship recipients Holly O’Toole, Joshua Jacobson
and Anir Gubbala visit the Gillette Stadium sidelines with their families prior to the
Patriots-Redskins preseason game on Aug. 9, 2018. The recipients and their families were
invited to attend the game as guests of the Kraft family. They watched the game from
a Gillette Stadium suite. Photo courtesy of of New England Patriots / Jeremie Smith