Ridgewood Arts Foundation Awards Community Outreach Scholarship

As part of its mission to support students of the arts in Ridgewood and surrounding communities, The Ridgewood Arts Foundation (RAF) awarded seven scholarships to teen musicians at Rosa Parks High School in Paterson. "Having just presented a grant to ARTBeat, a Ridgewood-based student art organization, we were thrilled also to award scholarships to other deserving students through our community outreach efforts," said Margie Downs, a trustee of the Ridgewood Arts Foundation. The mission of the Ridgewood Arts Foundation (a 501c3 organization) is to provide financial support to performing and fine arts initiatives in Ridgewood and the surrounding area. More information on RAF, and its scholarship and grant program, can be found at ridgewoodartsfoundation.org.

Photo 1: Albert Pucciarelli, President & Trustee of RAF, presents scholarship to first place Rosa Parks H.S. recipient, Ahmod Bradley.

Photo 2: Seated first row, Rosa Parks scholarship recipients (left to right): Kevin Zuniga, Damaar Russel, Marcelo Herrera, Leslie Cruz, Enderson Collado and Brian Cruz. Back row: members of Ridgewood Arts Foundation and teachers at Rosa Parks H.S.