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The Suffolk Foundation recently announced the availability of 13 scholarships to benefit area high school seniors and graduates of area high schools. The individual criteria for each scholarship vary and are available on the Suffolk Foundation website.

“The Suffolk Foundation is so delighted to offer educational assistance to our community of learners; we hope that every scholarship is awarded and hope to see the progress of those learners as they proceed in their education,” Executive Director Win Winslow said.

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

• The Allfirst Memorial Scholarship ($1,000) — employees and employee family members of Allfirst Industrial General Contractors who intend to pursue a college degree or trade school certification.
• The Audrey B. Butler Memorial Scholarship ($1,000) — Suffolk, Isle of Wight or Southampton public, private, or homeschool high school senior enrolled, or planning to enroll, in a nursing college degree (LPN, RN) program; or Suffolk, Isle of Wight or Southampton resident enrolled in a Nursing college degree (LPN, RN) program.
• The James M. Blair Memorial Scholarship ($5,000) — graduating seniors of Suffolk public or private high schools who intend to pursue a college degree.
• The Ossie S. and Thomas F. Blair Jr. Memorial Scholarship ($5,000) — graduating seniors or former graduates of Suffolk public or private high schools, or accredited home school program conducted in Suffolk, who intend to pursue a college degree.
• Chuckatuck Volunteer Fire Department Scholarship ($7,500) — Suffolk or Isle of Wight residents residing within the geographic boundaries of the Chuckatuck Volunteer Fire Department’s historic service area. Preference is given to scholarship applicants who have a legacy association (blood-line relative) with a former member of the Chuckatuck Volunteer Fire Department
• The Colonel Fred V. Cherry Scholarship ($3,000) — graduating African-American seniors of Suffolk high schools who intend to pursue a college degree.
• The DiStasio Health Professions Scholarship ($2,000) — graduating seniors of Suffolk, Isle of Wight County or Southampton County public or private high schools who intend to pursue a four-year pre-medical college program, including doctoral, physician’s assistant, and nursing.
• The Louis and Mary Haddad Foundation Scholarship ($1,000) — graduating seniors of Suffolk high schools with a documented learning difference 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, or accredited home school programs conducted in Suffolk, who intend to pursue a college degree.
• The Lewis F. Morris Memorial Scholarship ($1,500) — 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, Sussex, Franklin High Schools or Southampton Academy who intend to pursue a career in art in college.
• The Otha S. Rountree Memorial Scholarship ($1,500) — graduating senior in one of Suffolk’s public or private schools, or a home-schooled graduating senior, enrolled, or planning to enroll, in a nursing college degree (LPN, RN) program; or a resident of Suffolk currently enrolled in a Nursing college degree (LPN, RN) program.
• The Suffolk Business Women’s Scholarship ($2,500) — graduating female high school seniors who are Suffolk residents and U.S. citizens, who intend to pursue a full-time business major degree program at an accredited college or university.

Please note that other specific eligibility criteria apply to each scholarship. Applicants are advised to closely follow the application guidelines for the specific scholarship. Applications for these scholarships must be submitted online no later than noon on March 31, 2023.

Applications also are being accepted for the Samaritan Internship Scholarship, which is due by noon April 28, 2023. Available to students enrolled in college from Suffolk, Isle of Wight County or Southampton County offering a stipend for those pursuing a career in non-profit organizations at a rate of $10.50 per hour for up to 30 hours per week over a nine week period.

The Suffolk Foundation will work directly with the high school counselors and scholarship advisors in an effort to award at least one deserving recipient for each scholarship. The scholarship applications are available now on the Suffolk Foundation website, suffolkfoundation.org/scholarships, and may also be obtained by visiting each senior’s high school counselor. 

For more information contact Win Winslow, executive director of the Suffolk Foundation, at wwinslow@suffolkfoundation.org or 757-923-9090.