Peabody Veterans High Graduate Earns Teamsters Local 25 Scholarship

PEABODY, MA — Peabody Veterans High School graduate Isabella Turco was awarded a $2,000 scholarship from the Teamsters Local 25 Memorial Scholarship for the upcoming school year.

Turco Teamsters Local 25 Group Legal Services Plan Scholarship Award and will attend Boston College.

Turco's scholarship was one of 30 awarded to this year's graduates statewide.

"Being a Teamster means giving back and this is one of the greatest things we do as a union," Teamsters Local 25 President Thomas G. Mari said. "These students are smart, engaged and have a world of possibilities ahead of them.

"Local 25 is proud to award Isabella Turco a scholarship and wish her the best at Boston College."

Turco's father, City Councilor Jon Turco, is a Teamsters Local 25 member that works at Massport.

In addition to the 20 Teamsters Local 25 scholarships, seven companies sponsored scholarships: HILB Group, Inc., Feinberg, Dumont & Brennan, Keches Law Group, Planned Strategies, Regan Associates Chartered, Regan Communications Group, the Teamsters Local 25 Retiree Chapter and the Teamsters Local 25 Officers and Agents Scholarship.

Since 2006, Teamsters Local 25 has awarded nearly $900,000 in scholarship funds to families from the union.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)