Scholarship Phone-a-Thon Starting

The Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation (CSF) of East Providence might be calling you tonight or tomorrow night. Please answer the phone.

The annual phone-a-thon is March 12 and 13. Students and volunteers will be calling East Providence residents between 6 and 9 pm.

Hosting the fundraising event to benefit college scholarships for East Providence students is Nordson EFD, Inc. on Catamore Boulevard. And this year, the Carter Family Charitable Trust will match, dollar for dollar, the first $40,000 in donations to the phone-a-thon.

 “Our goal is to surpass last year’s achievement of $83,000,” said phone-a-thon Chairman Louise Paiva. 

CSF of East Providence administers more than 200 scholarships and book expense awards annually to East Providence residents who are entering or already enrolled in a four-year college or two-year vocational or technical school. Each student receives one or more scholarships totaling a minimum of $1,000.

What if you don’t receive a telephone call?

You can contribute by sending a tax-deductible donation payable to CSF of East Providence at this address: Dollars for Scholars Phone-a-thon, CSF of East Providence, P.O. Box 154438, Riverside, RI  02915.