Foundation announces scholarships

Published 10:14 pm Thursday, March 3, 2016

The Suffolk Foundation has announced the availability of 10 scholarships available to area high school seniors. The individual criteria for each scholarship vary and are available on the Suffolk Foundation website at www.suffolkfoundation.org.

The available scholarships, their estimated value and minimum eligibility, are:

  • The AllFirst Memorial Scholarship, $1,000, employees and employee family members of AllFirst General Industrial Construction who intend to pursue a college degree or trade school certification
  • The Ossie S. and Thomas F. Blair Jr. Memorial Scholarship, $5,000, graduating seniors or former graduates of Suffolk public or private high schools who intend to pursue a college degree
  • The Colonel Fred V. Cherry Scholarship, $2,000, graduating African-American seniors of Suffolk public high schools who intend to pursue a college degree
  • The Louis & Mary Haddad Foundation Scholarship, $1,000, graduating seniors of Suffolk public high schools with a documented learning disability who intend to pursue a college degree or accredited career certification program
  • The Louis & Mary Haddad Foundation ForKids Scholarship, $1,000, graduating seniors of Suffolk public high schools who have been or are affected by homelessness who intend to pursue a college degree or accredited career certification program
  • The William N. “Billy” Hill Scholarship, $1,000, graduating seniors of Suffolk public high schools who intend to pursue a college degree in education
  • The Howard D. Mast Memorial Scholarship, $5,000, graduating seniors or former graduates of Suffolk public or private high schools who intend to pursue a college degree
  • The Lewis F. Morris Memorial Scholarship, $1,000, graduating seniors of King’s Fork High School who intend to pursue a college degree
  • The Amy Phelps Art Scholarship, $2,000, graduating seniors of Franklin, Smithfield, Southampton, Surry, Windsor or Sussex high schools or Southampton Academy who intend to pursue a career in art in college
  • The Suffolk Business Women’s Scholarship, $5,000, graduating female seniors of one of Suffolk’s public, private or home-based schools who intend to pursue a full-time business major degree program at an accredited college or university

Specific eligibility criteria apply to each scholarship. Applicants should closely follow the application guidelines for the specific scholarship.

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The Suffolk Foundation will be working directly with the high school counselors and scholarship advisors in an effort to award one deserving senior each scholarship. The scholarship applications are available now on the Suffolk Foundation website and may also be obtained by visiting a high school counselor.

For more information or to receive an application, contact Win Winslow, executive director of the Suffolk Foundation, by either email at wwinslow@suffolkfoundation.org or by phone at 923-9090. Applications must be received no later than noon on March 31.