Hardyston First Aid Squad Offers Scholarship

The Hardyston Township First Aid Squad (HTFAS) was a nonprofit, volunteer organization that began serving the residents of Hardyston, New Jersey in 1967. The volunteers who joined HTFAS selflessly volunteered their personal time for the welfare of the community – service before self. At no cost, emergency first aid and ambulance services were provided to Hardyston 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all year long.

The Hardyston Township First Aid Squad Scholarship Fund honors a graduating high school senior of Hardyston or the greater Hardyston area including Stockholm, Hamburg, Oak Ridge, Ogdensburg, Glenwood, Vernon, Wantage, Franklin, Sparta and Sussex Borough. The student must be attending a four year college/university within the United States as a first-time incoming freshman. In addition to strong academic performance (GPA of 3.0 or better) the recipient will have demonstrated a significant first response commitment to serving their community and a willingness to help others in whatever way they can (service before self), whether it be EMS, Fire, or other volunteer emergency first response agency.

The scholarship will provide a $2,500 award to an accredited institution of higher learning to support the recipient at that school. Scholarship award will be made payable to the educational institution for further credit to the student’s account. If two students are selected, the individual award to each student will be $1,250 each. Interested students should complete and submit the application available here.

Application and attachments must be postmarked to the Foundation by May 15, 2017. Applications should be submitted to:

The Hardyston Township First Aid Squad Scholarship Fund
Post Office Box 338
Morristown, NJ 07963-0338

For additional information, please contact: Vin DiPietro (vidi2875@gmail.com), Ken Boturla (ken.boturla@gmail.com) or Faith Krueger (973.267.5533 x227 or krueger@cfnj.org).

About the Community Foundation of New Jersey

Since 1979, individuals and businesses have opened charitable funds at the Community Foundation of New Jersey to fulfill their charitable goals and craft their philanthropic legacies. These Legacy Funds and Donor Advised Funds have granted tens of millions of dollars each year, and enabled the Foundation to launch its own Changemaker Projects that are improving New Jersey and its dynamic communities. The Foundation’s funds currently hold over $400 million in charitable assets and made over 5,000 grants last year to charitable work in New Jersey and around the world. Visit www.cfnj.org.