by Evelyn Beckerle
On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 the Pearl River Rotary Scholarship Foundation Board of Trustees President, Donald Brenner, and Rotary Scholarship Selection Committee Chairman, Frank Ripa, presented 20 scholarship winners with awards of $3,000 each.
In 1989, under the theme of ‘Making a Difference’, the Scholarship Foundation
was chartered by the Pearl River Rotary Club. Its mission was to open educational opportunities for students who are residents of the Pearl River School District through and beyond the 21st century.
A local Pearl River businessman, the late Edward Bouton, contributed $50,000 to
establish this Scholarship fund and challenged the club membership to match his
donation. His challenge was met and with that initial $100,000 fund, augmented
by annual fundraising events coupled with perpetual Memorial and Scholarship
contributions given by Rotary member and non-member donations, the endowment fund has steadily increased. Today, it stands at $1.2 million. Through prudent investments the Scholarship Foundation uses only the interest from the fund to provide the annual awards.
The following students received awards for 2014/15:
- Devon McEnroe - Edward Bouton Memorial Award
- Nicole Sclafani - Laura Bouton Memorial Award
- Emily McCarthy - Joan A Fury Memorial Award
- Kaitlyn O’Riordan - Donald & Betsy Brenner Scholarship Award
- James Stephen - Robert J Beckerle Memorial Award
- Sean Reagan-Ward – Faye Vuozzo Memorial Award
- Kathleen Gleeson - PRHS Class of 1962 Scholarship Award
- Logan McIntyre - PRHS Class of 1962 Scholarship Award
- Terrence Hughes – Dr. Fred Schroeder Memorial Award
- Taylor Rudloff - Heinz Ahlmeyer, Jr. Class of 1961 Memorial Award
- Adrienne Ammirati - Gus Pappas Memorial Award
- Timothy Fusco - Jeffrey Keahon Memorial Award
- Shane Duggan - Jo Ripa Memorial Award
- Brian Edsall - Pearl River Rotary Foundation Award
- Gary Healy – Pearl River Rotary Foundation Award
- Danielle Muchoe - Pearl River Rotary Foundation Award
- Kelly Mulligan - Pearl River Rotary Foundation Award
- John Redmond - Pearl River Rotary Foundation Award
- Erin Shortell - Pearl River Rotary Foundation Award
- Maura Sullivan - Pearl River Rotary Foundation Award
Congratulations to all of these students and thank-you to all the Pearl River Rotarians, and community members, whose efforts past and present continue to make these awards possible.
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