Windham Student Receives Scholarship

Shannon Wakeford of Windham was recently awarded a college scholarship by the OneBeacon Insurance Group.

Wakeford is a 2014 Central Catholic High School graduate, where she was a member of the National Honor Society, lacrosse and field hockey teams. Wakeford will attend Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL, in the fall and plans to study exercise science.

She is the daughter of Dave Wakeford, a OneBeacon employee, and Laura Wakeford.

Through its annual college scholarship program, OneBeacon awarded 16 $2,000 scholarships to graduating high-school seniors – eight to children of OneBeacon employees and eight to children of the company’s distribution partners. Scholarship recipients were selected based on criteria including academic performance, leadership and participation in school and community activities.

OneBeacon’s scholarship program is funded by the OneBeacon Charitable Trust and managed by Scholarship Management Services, a nonprofit scholarship program administrator. The program is available to OneBeacon employees and the agents, brokers and wholesalers that represent the company’s various business units.

The OneBeacon Charitable Trust is a tax-exempt private foundation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code managed by employees of OneBeacon Insurance Company.

Submitted by The OneBeacon Group.