Annual Phone-a-thon to Fund Scholarships

Scholarship Foundation of East Providence will sponsor its 32st consecutive citywide phone-a-thon in February to raise funds for scholarships for local students. East Providence High School students, past scholarship recipients and their families, EPHS alumni and Scholarship Foundation volunteers will be calling East Providence residents between February 1 and February 8 to ask for their support.

This year, The Carter Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation will provide an incentive for phone-a-thon donors. The Fund will match, dollar for dollar, the first $50,000 in donations to the phone-a-thon.

Since 1995, Scholarship Foundation of East Providence phone-a-thons have raised more than $2.8 million in scholarships for East Providence students. Proceeds have increased by more than $100,000 over the past two decades, from just over $13,000 raised at the first annual phone-a-thon to $130,000 raised last year.

“We thank the many businesses, organizations, families and individuals who generously support the students in our city,” stated Phone-a-thon Chair Louise Paiva.

Scholarship Foundation of East Providence administers more than 150 scholarships and book expense awards annually to East Providence residents who are entering or already enrolled in a four-year college or two-year career or technical school. Last year, 168 students received one or more scholarships totaling a minimum of $2,000.

Residents who do not receive a phone call during the phone-a-thon, but who would like to contribute, can send a check, made payable to SF of East Providence, Inc., to SF of East Prov. Phone-a-thon, P.O. Box 154438, Riverside, RI 02915.