Cedar Crest Awards More Than $270,000 in Scholarships

On May 31, Cedar Crest Retirement Community hosted family, friends, residents, and staff at its annual Scholar Awards Ceremony. At the event, 34 graduating high school seniors were awarded $8,000 scholarships from the community.

The Scholar’s Program is funded by the residents of Cedar Crest to support high school students employed on campus who have shown commitment to serving the Cedar Crest community. Qualifications include working 1,000 hours at Cedar Crest during their Junior and Senior years in high school, maintaining a 2.0 GPA for their senior year, and remaining in good standing.

“Our Cedar Crest Scholarship Program truly exemplifies our community’s mission of ‘sharing our gifts’ with one another,” said Philanthropy Manager Lauren Corrente. “Thank you to our residents and contributors for their generosity and support of our student scholars.”

The ceremony included keynote speeches from 2014 Scholarship Recipient Kevin O’Connor and 2013 Scholarship Recipient Melissa Dean. Additionally, remarks were provided by Executive Director Todd DeLaney, Philanthropy Manager Lauren Corrente, Resident Advisory Council President Carolyn Krause, Senior Recruiter of Human Resources Tori Heimall, and Director of Dining Services Paul Cimins.

The ceremony ended with an entertaining music video featuring student scholars thanking residents for the scholarship as well as for their support and friendship. The video was created by Cedar Crest TV Studio Coordinators Larry Curran and Mike Dygos.

Since 2003, the Scholars’ Fund has provided 364 student-worker scholarships valued at more than $1 million. In 2016 and 2017, Cedar Crest was named a finalist for New Jersey Monthly’s Great Oak Award for excellence in philanthropy.

For more information about the scholarship program, as well as learning about other benefits of employment with Cedar Crest such as tuition reimbursement, visit https://jobs.ericksonliving.com

About Cedar Crest: Cedar Crest, one of 19 continuing care retirement communities managed by Erickson Living®, is situated on a scenic 130-acre campus in Pompton Plains, New Jersey. The community is located in Morris County and is home to 1,800 residents. Additional information about Cedar Crest can be found at CedarCrestCommunity.com.

2018 Cedar Crest Student Scholars:

· Joseph Aldama, Butler High School;

· Matthew Andrade, Pequannock Township;

· Benjamin Battista, Pequannock Township;

· John Brizek, Home Schooled;

· Shelby Burlew: Pequannock Township;

· Veronica Campbell, Butler High School;

· Christopher Carson, Ramapo High School;

· Nicholas Colella, Pequannock High School;

· Emily Cooper, Morris County School of Technology;

· Hana Daghestani, Wayne Hills High School;

· Christian Dolan, Pequannock High School;

· Hailey Enrique, Pompton Lakes High School;

· Dylan Fox, Wayne Valley High School;

· Lauren Girardin, West Milford High School;

· Alicia Grana, Morris County School of Technology;

· Seth Gutierrez, Pequannock Township;

· Paul Hueck, Passaic Valley Regional High School;

· Kiley Kesenheimer, Pompton Lakes High School;

· Djellza Kica, Pompton Lakes High School;

· Isaac Lewis, Netherlands Reformed Christian School;

· Imani Lugo, Pompton Lakes High School;

· Jacob Mangeri, Academy of Law and Public Safety;

· Mackenzie Martin, Kinnelon High School;

· Daphne Mayer, Wayne Hills High School;

· Baker McNamara, Pompton Lakes High School;

· Daniela Palmieri, Indian Hills High School;

· Alexis Pardo, Pequannock Township High School;

· Karmyn Pasquariello, Pompton Lakes High School;

· Bryan Rosario Colon, Pequannock Township High School;

· Emily Scharon, Lakeland Regional High School;

· Michelle Solarczyk, Kinnelon High School;

· Alyna Strumolo, Pequannock Township High School;

· Sebastian Torres, Lakeland Regional High School;

· Katie Villalobos, West Milford High School