The Margaret A. McGrath Charitable Foundation announced the awarding of 14 scholarships totaling $85,000 to local students for the 2023-2024 academic school year. This surpasses the one million dollar mark in awards since 2005; and, has provided scholarships for over 116 students in the Towns of Sweden and Hamlin since its inception.
The Foundation offers two types of scholarships to residents of the Towns of Sweden and Hamlin. The Philip and Margaret Dollard Business Scholarship is awarded to those majoring in Business and the Marie Dollard McGrath Elementary Education Scholarship is awarded to those majoring in elementary education. Scholarships are for undergraduate and graduate degrees.
This year’s recipients of the Philip and Margaret Dollard Business Scholarship are:
•Hayden Cook (Sweden) – St. Bonaventure University
•Jenna Cring (Hamlin) – SUNY Brockport
•Owen Gardner (Sweden) – St. John Fisher University
•Jenna McNulty (Hamlin) – RIT
•Jordan Miller (Sweden) – Indiana University East
•Alexander Stoker (Sweden) – SUNY Geneseo
•Emilie Weinbeck (Sweden) – St. Bonaventure University
•Andrew Wilson (Sweden) – Finger Lakes Community College
•Jerry Zhang (Sweden) – Northeastern University
•Christopher Benedict (Sweden) – Nazareth College
The recipients of the Marie Dollard McGrath Elementary Education Scholarship are:
•Allison Cring (Hamlin) – SUNY Brockport
•Jenna Rivera (Sweden) – Roberts Wesleyan University
•Cora Rose (Hamlin) – University of Rochester
•Kasi Williams (Hamlin) – SUNY Fredonia
Margaret A. McGrath established the Foundation in 2004 under her will to provide scholarships to residents of the towns of Sweden and Hamlin who have chosen to pursue a degree in either Business or Elementary Education. The Foundation has awarded $1,059,000 in scholarships since its formation.
Qualifying 2024 graduating high school seniors and current college students should submit applications for the 2024-2025 academic year by March 1, 2024. For further information, contact Richard J. Dollard, Executive Director and Trustee, at 585-637-7170 or visit http://www.frontiernet.net/~mcgrathfound.
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