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.