Scholarships available to students through Community Foundation

In the 2010-2011 academic year, the Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan awarded over $96,000 in scholarships and awards to 20 school districts throughout Orange and Sullivan Counties and the Tri-State area.  These scholarships, awarded to more than 70 students, are made possible through the charitable funds the Community Foundation administers.

For the current academic year 2011-2012, scholarships are available in the following school districts and institutions: Please note: Most applications are available through school district guidance counselors, college financial aid offices and on-line.

Bethel, CT High School

  • RJM Superstar Scholarship – two awards at $1,000 each

Chester Union Free School District

  • Rudolph Vallet Science and Education Memorial Scholarship – $500

Cornwall Central School District

  • Cornwall Alumni/Edward C. Moulton, Jr. Scholarship – $250
  • John D. Garrison Memorial Scholarship (Walden Savings Bank) – $500

Goshen Central School District

  • Catherine H. Lippert Scholarship – two awards at $1,000 each
  • Joshua Stamm Memorial Scholarship – $1,000
  • Erin Ortiz Memorial Scholarship – two awards at $500 each

Highland Falls Central School District

  • Abraham & Judith Kopald and Jonathan R. Kopald Scholarship – two awards at $1,000 each

Marlboro Central School District

  • John D. Garrison Memorial Scholarship (Walden Savings Bank) – $500

Middletown Central School District

  • David E. Phillips Music Scholarship – $400
  • Women’s University Club of Middletown Scholarship – $1,000
  • The E. Bash Soderlund and Barbara Soderlund (Women’s University Club of Middletown) Mentoring Scholarship – $1,000
  • Jennifer Newton Memorial Scholarship – $1,500
  • Gerald Sardella Memorial Scholarship – $500

Minisink Central School District

  • Caitlin M. Hammaren Memorial Foundation and Arts Institute Scholarship – $1,000

Monticello Central School District

  • Isaac and Ruthe Silberman Legal Profession Scholarship/Herbert J. Avrutis and Ruthe Silberman Medical Scholarship (College in the Classroom Program) amount varies

Newburgh Enlarged City School District

  • The Carly Fund Scholarship – two awards at $1,000 each
  • John D. Garrison Memorial Scholarship (Walden Savings Bank) – $500

Orange-Ulster BOCES

  • Caitlin M. Hammaren Memorial Foundation and Arts Institute Fund (Culinary Arts Program) – $250

SUNY Orange (Orange County Community College)

  • Spencer McLaughlin Scholarship – $846.88
  • Caitlin M. Hammaren Memorial Foundation and Arts Institute Scholarship – $250

Pine Bush Central School District

  • John Christopher Smith Memorial Scholarship – $500
  • Pine Bush Alumni Scholarship – $500
  • Michelle Renee Bratton Memorial Scholarship – $2,500
  • Scott F. Coen Memorial Scholarship – $300
  • Isidore and Ethel Wittenberg Memorial Scholarship – $200
  • John D. Garrison Memorial Scholarship (Walden Savings Bank) – $500

Port Jervis City School District

  • Oscar B. Greenleaf Memorial Scholarship – four awards at $2,000 each

Ramapo Central School District

  • FF Denis P. Germain Memorial Scholarship – two awards at $500 each

Sullivan County

  • Sullivan Renaissance Scholarship – amount varies

Valley Central School District

  • Corinne Feller Memorial Scholarship – $3,000
  • John Mazur Memorial Scholarship – four awards at $2,000 each
  • John D. Garrison Memorial Scholarship (Walden Savings Bank) – $500
  • Dr. Morton I. Blackman Scholarship – $150
  • The Meyer and Lillian Jacobowitz Business Scholarship – $500

Wallkill Central School District (Ulster County)

  • John D. Garrison Memorial Scholarship (Walden Savings Bank) – $500
  • The Edward Edsall Scholarship – $250
  • The Meyer and Lillian Jacobowitz Scholarship – $150

Warwick Valley School District

  • Alison Klepper Memorial Scholarship – $500
  • Anthony C. Quinn Memorial Scholarship – $750
  • John P. Williamson Scholarship – two awards at $1,000 each

Washingtonville Central School District

  • John D. Garrison Memorial Scholarship (Walden Savings Bank) – $500
  • Washingtonville V World Trade Center Memorial Firefighters Scholarship – five awards at $500 each

*The Ian Bennett/Situation Cares Memorial Scholarship is available to students who attend an Orange County, public, private, or parochial high school. The scholarship in the amount of $1,000 will be awarded to one student.

Most applications are available through school district guidance counselors, college financial aid offices and on-line.

The Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan, a 501 (C) (3) non-profit public charity, was established in 1999 as a vehicle to promote philanthropy in perpetuity for charitable organizations throughout our region.  The Community Foundation accomplishes this by assisting donors in executing their charitable intentions and encouraging them to make a difference in the community.  Community Foundation Executive Director, Karen VanHouten, explained “These locally-based endowment funds that were established for the purpose of awarding scholarships, are only one example of how endowment funds can promote educational advancement and help support  worthwhile causes.  Endowment funds are a powerful way to leave a legacy in your community.”  For more information, please visit www.cfoc-ny.org, e-mail admin@cfoc-ny.org, or call 769-9393.