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Dollars for Scholars announces scholarship recipients

VERO BEACH — Dollars for Scholars awarded 96 college scholarships to 66 local students on May 23 at the Sebastian River High School Performing Arts Center.

The 48th class of DFS will receive $504,000 in need-based financial aid to attend 28 colleges and universities in 9 states and the District of Columbia.

The scholarship packages range from $2,000 to the most prestigious Richardson and Jaffe awards, which are $5,000 per year for four years, for a total of $20,000.

These highly competitive awards were presented to:

Richardson Scholar Awards

Vero Beach High School students Nicolette Brownstein, who will attend Georgetown University majoring in Political Science, and Molly Higgins, who will attend Carnegie Mellon University majoring in International Business.

Frances and Ronald Jaffe Education Foundation Scholarships

Caroline Colbert, Sebastian River High School, who will attend MIT majoring in nuclear engineering, and Harshonnati Jain, Vero Beach High School, who will attend the University of Miami majoring in Pre- Medicine.

Class of 2013 Awards

Memorials

Ruth E. Anderson Memorial: Lauren Browning, Sage Gallarano, Maria Jacobs, August Jellie, Jordanne Lamothe, and Daniel Salvador

John Avril Memorial: Jordan Kutner

Indian River Blood Bank Scholarship in Memory of Marian L. Block: Kadin Campbell, Ember Courtney, and Hope McGeady

Thomas W. Chornoby Memorial: Jesse DiSabato

Darrell Fennell Memorial: Alexander D’Haeseleer

Dr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Finby Memorial: Darrell Ellis

Morris A. “Darby” Gibbons Memorial: Kimberly Bucaccio

J. Blaine Howard Memorial: Erin Emott

William F. Ludwig Memorial: Ariel Ferguson

William L. Marine Memorial: Daniel Salvador

Tyrone McGriff Memorial: Eric Salazar

Kenneth McKnight Memorial: Lauren Browning

Margaret McReynolds Memorial: Matthew Flanagan

Richard C. Moore Memorial: Angela Jimenez

James Perry Memorial: Kayla Manning

Frank Richardson Memorial: Tamara Hunt

Hanna P. Salsburg Memorial: Olivia Bosma

Jay Sibson Memorial: Luke DiSandro and Joseph Sutherland

Mary Hope Smathers Memorial: Kadin Campbell, Carly Gorelick, Emily Lowery, and Caroline Petty

Marjorie Arnold Soash Memorial: Kasey Lentini

Dr. (Hon.) Stanley Steyer and Diana Mary Steyer Memorial: John Leatherman

Lewis Stanley Whitaker and Myrna Newell Whitaker Memorial: Matthew Ruggiano and Michael Ruggiano

Archie S. Wingfield, Jr. Scholarship: Julian Grudens and Dylan Kolb-Bond

Charles and Virginia Wollenzin Memorial: Samuel Statler

Honorary

Indian River Blood Bank Scholarship in Honor of Samuel A. Block: August Jellie and Noemi Monnerville

Community-Sponsored

Dr. and Mrs. Charles Fischman Family Scholarship: Julianne Zimei

Grand Harbor Community Outreach Scholarship: Jennifer Conway

Herget Foundation Scholarship: Clynesha Cobb and Lindsey Noland

Indian River Symphonic Association Scholarship: Lauren Douglas

Frances and Ronald Jaffe Education Foundation Scholarship: Caroline Colbert and Harshonnati Jain

John R. and Ann H. MacLean Family Nursing Scholarship: Clynesha Cobb

Northern Trust Scholarship: Emily Lowery

Roger Larson Oak Harbor Employees’ Scholarship: Arcadio Magana

Orchid Island Employees’ Scholarship: Veronica Maranitz

Orchid Island Outreach Scholarship: Gabrielle Carroll and Erin Walls

Orchid Island Opportunity Scholarship: Claudio Gonzalez

Quail Valley Charities Scholarship: Matthew Flanagan, Mariah Jacobs, Zachary Sibley, and Sondra Strath-Adam

Realtors Association of Indian River County Scholarship: Rachel Koruo and Courtney Lechner

Richardson Scholar Award: Nicolette Brownstein and Molly Higgins

Rotary Clubs of Indian River County DFS Founders’ Scholarship: Kylie Gallagher

David M. Schuble Family Scholarship: Cameron Dawson, Drisana Etayo, Andrew Gallagher, Carly Gorelick, Jessica Kostyo, Jordanne Lamothe, Zachary Miller, and Robert Scott

Helen Sarah Steyer Award: Darrell Ellis

Thomas M. Steyer and Helen S. Steyer Award: Rachel Page

Thomas and Simonetta Steyer Award: Jordan Lazan

VBHS Class of 1963 Award: Andrew Sechen

Wabasso Women’s Club Scholarship: Julie Massimo

Wells Fargo Opportunity Scholarship: Dylan Gilbert

Ellery, Jacqueline, and Frank Winters Scholarship: Maria Mena

Dollars for Scholars Community-Sponsored Award: Kimberly Bucaccio, Jennifer Conway, Ember Courtney, Alexander D’Haeseleer, Luke DiSandro, Ariel Ferguson, Angela Jimenez, Jessica Kostyo, Jordan Lazan, John Leatherman, Courtney Lechner, Kasey Lentini, Hope McGeady, Matthew Ruggiano, Michael Ruggiano, Robert Scott, Andrew Sechen, Samuel Statler, and Joseph Sutherland

Dollars for Scholars of Indian River County is a local chapter of Scholarship America. Founded by Dan K. Richardson and members of the Vero Beach Rotary Club, DFS has been providing need-based college scholarships to Indian River County students since 1965.

Dollars for Scholars is supported solely through the generosity of the residents and businesses of Indian River County. We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization.

Our volunteer Board of Directors raises our funds, sets our policies, reviews scholarship applications, and interviews student applicants and their families.

Over the past 48 years, we have provided more than 2,665 students with $8.6 MM in scholarships. Scholarship qualifications and applications are available online each year after January 1 and must be submitted by our early February deadline.

We welcome the support of all who wish to join us in fulfilling the college dreams of the hardworking, talented, and deserving students in Indian River County.

The mission of Dollars for Scholars is to offer hope, encouragement, and scholarship opportunities to Indian River County students with financial need who demonstrate the desire and academic ability to succeed in pursuing a post-secondary education.

For more information, please visit our website at www.DFSIndianRiver.org.

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