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High School Students’ Lives Changed by Scholarships from Madison’s Thursday Morning Club
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On Thursday January 23rd the Thursday Morning Club (TMC) a member of the New Jersey State Federated Women’s Clubs (NJFSWC) and the General Federated Women’s Clubs (GFWC) held a Scholarship Social at the Madison Community House at 25 Cook Avenue in Madison to honor the 2013 scholarship recipients sponsored by the Thursday Morning Club as well as to raise funds to support scholarships in 2014. In spite of the frigid temperature of <10° sixty contributing Club members, the scholarship winners, their mothers and Brett Levine, Guidance Director of Madison High School attended this event. All enjoyed listening to the memorable experiences of the scholarship recipients while savoring the delicious desserts baked by the members. The members ended the afternoon by playing bridge, mahjongg, Bunco and other card and board games.
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The Education Chair for the TMC, Eileen Ryan, welcomed the guests and provided background information on the two scholarships and the recipients. She said the day was a special event because it was the day the Thursday Morning Club honored the scholarship winners and heard about their experiences and the benefits they received as a result of the awards.
The scholarship recipients were Georgia Turvey of Madison High School who received the “HOBY” the Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership award and Rawan Abbasi of Wayne Hills High School who received the GCI, the Girls’Career Institute award.
Georgia Turvey from Madison High School had received the “HOBY” at the end of her sophomore year and attended Monmouth University in June 2013. “HOBY freed me of the mindset that the things I do now cannot make a difference. Life is a process, not an end goal.” To extend her HOBY story Georgia attended The HOBY World Leadership Conference held in July. There, ‘’…she spent a week surrounded by 432 incredible teenagers from the United States, Argentina, Mexico, Iraq, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Canada, Israel, Sierra Leone, South Korea, Turkey and the Philippines.”
As a result of the HOBY award the HOBY staff offered Georgia an additional scholarship this past November, at the Advanced Leadership Academy. She went to St. Louis and worked amongst a group of 60 juniors and seniors to develop service projects to bring back to their individual communities. Georgia is now working on her own project for a mental health awareness week at MHS. In closing Georgia quoted her Dad as saying “HOBY is the gift that keeps on giving” and for this gift she is especially grateful to the TMC for the HOBY opportunity.
Rawan Abbasi from Wayne Hills High School had received the Girls Career Institute Scholarship at the end of her junior year in June 2013 and attended Douglas College. Rawan explained the theme for GCI was “You Can Make it Happen” which encompassed events and actions by the attendees. She attended lectures by women on abuse and bullying and quickly learned “…it takes only one voice to squash squabbling and bring about peace.” Rawan also attended an interesting seminar on television broadcasting which gave more information about different engineering fields used in television production. There were also lectures on other careers for females in the corporate environment. Rawan hopes to pursue a degree in engineering and has already received acceptances from Rutgers and Drexel. Rawan thanked the TMC and said GCI was an unforgettable experience which she will carry through her life.
At the end of the day both students agreed that the scholarships sponsored by the Thursday Moring Club were “life changing events”.
The Thursday Morning Club, a social and philanthropic organization, owns, operates and maintains the Madison Community House, Nursery School and Before and After School Child Care programs. Since its inception in 1896, the Club has provided community support programs and starting in 1924, a home, for local sport, recreational and civic groups. For information about the Thursday Morning Club and membership opportunities, contact the Madison Community House at 973-377-0244 or visit www.TMCMCH.org.
