Business Association Scholarships Available; Deadline is March 31

The Ashland Business Association (ABA) will award two-$1,500 scholarships to high school seniors living in Ashland who best demonstrate good work ethics, motivation, creativity and business/community interests. Applicants can be home-schooled or attending schools outside Ashland to be considered.

For details and a scholarship application, visit the ABA website, ashlandbusinessassociation.com/page-18195. For more information, contact scholarship committee members Claudette Rowe, 508-246-7028, or Wendy Pyne, 617-620-2452, or email scholarship@ashlandbusinessassociation.com. The deadline to submit an application and supporting material is midnight, Sunday, March 31.

Ashland businesses and residents are invited to support the scholarship program through a tax-deductible donation. Donations $100 and up will receive special recognition in ABA promotional materials and thanked at high school graduation. All donor will be listed on the ABA website. Contribute online, ashlandbusinessassociation.com/donate, or send a check to ABA, P.O. Box 510, Ashland, MA 01721. The deadline to donate to the 2019 program is May 10.

In 2018, the ABA awarded scholarships to Ashland High graduating seniors Victoria Hyland and Olivia Sewell, who each received a check for $1,500. Hyland is studying actuarial science and business management at Temple University and Sewell is studying biochemistry at Boston College.

ABA scholarship committee members are: M.R. Fletcher (Earthly Wealth Jewelry); Valerie Gaines (At Peace Reiki); Nadine Nesbitt (WAITT-We’re All in This Together); Claudette Rowe (Knowledge Points Learning Center); and Wendy Pyne, Chair (Protegro, Inc. Holistic Financial Consulting).