Main Street Community Foundation is proud to connect students in need to donors with a passion for education through the Foundation’s scholarship program. This year, 166 students have been awarded a total of $334,874 in scholarships. The recipients of these scholarships are students in various stages of their academic careers – elementary and secondary school students, graduating high school seniors, students currently in college and career training - who will be continuing their education with the assistance of these scholarships in the fields of business, healthcare, criminal justice, journalism, education, engineering, visual arts, skilled trades and so many more.

Every fund established at the Foundation has a unique and personal story behind its creation as well as a donor committed to supporting the academic and career dreams of students in Bristol, Burlington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington, and Wolcott. With each scholarship awarded, the legacy of those who established each fund reinforces the recipients’ abilities to create their own legacies.

The majority of scholarship grants were awarded during MSCF’s June 20, 2024 Scholarship Reception at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bristol. The Reception, which is held annually to celebrate the recipients and thank the generous donors, was attended by over 220 people.

The 2024 Main Street Community Foundation scholarship recipients are as follows:

• Academic Achievement Award: Riley Caudill, Joshua Clukey, Logan Jackson
• Christian Arndt Scholarship Fund: Jenna Wildman
• E. Bartlett Barnes Award of Journalism Fund: Colin Cavallari, Mark Lussier, Esther Minery, Alexis Osowiecki
• Stanley P. Bitel Memorial Fund: Vincent Zhang
• Sylvia Bodak Memorial Scholarship Fund: Lexi Michaud
• Peter and Marjorie Bossi Educational Fund: Joshua Clukey
• Bowerman Scholarship Fund: Amina Yaseen
• Bristol Boys and Girls Club Schulman Fund: Jayden Colon, Angelina Fasci, Preston Guarda, Ramon Peters, Renee Singleton, Gabriella Vicente, Tyler Violette
• Bristol Lions Club F. Fred Soliani Memorial Scholarship Fund: Kylee Barnes
• Bristol Lions Club/James J. Keating Scholarship Fund: Mia Giantonio, Zoey Parker
• Bristol Police Scholarship Fund: Aemun Burhan
• Bristol Yale Club Scholarship Fund: Christopher Bray, Sammi Bray, Madison Burns, Amber Champagne, Savannah Jones, Ava LeBlanc, Justine Lewicki, Mya McCalop-Glover, Emily Nelson, Sophia Nocera, Jenna Wildman
• Bristol Yale/Miles Peck Jennings Memorial Scholarship Fund: Summer Abdelrehim, Sammi Bray, Madison Burns, Pushpita Hossain, Logan Jackson, Jack Jones, Jia Yi Lu, Jenna Lukasiewicz, Emily Nelson, Sophia Nocera, Katie Tran
• Burlington Lions Charities Scholarship Fund: Kya Aranha, Samantha Marcone, Tristan Mooney
• Ron Burns Community Leadership Scholarship Fund: Dawyne Vargas
• Alicia M. Butler Memorial Scholarship Fund: Kiana Ouellette
• Evan J. Chyun Memorial Scholarship Fund: Mya McCalop-Glover
• Peg Coughlin Nursing Scholarship Fund: Taigan Parent
• Rit Croce Academic and Vocational Scholarship Fund: Brittany Cantres Cruz
• Richard A. DellaVecchia Scholarship Fund: Natalie Salerno
• Lt. Dustin DeMonte and Sgt. Alex Hamzy Public Safety Scholarship Fund: Jade Gaud, Matthew Harkey
• Katherine Dobroczynski Memorial Scholarship Fund: Margaret Wernicki
• Jeffrey Downes Memorial Scholarship Fund for the Trades: Brandon Jenkins
• Coach Randy Doucette Scholarship Fund: Lucy Callender, Eryk Kapusta
• Carolyn Fisher Scholarship Fund: Hannah Foster
• Karen Finder Scholarship Fund: Valerie Rosa-Sanclemente
• Olivia Fusco Memorial Art Scholarship Fund: Aubrey Young
• Joann Galati Scholarship Fund for Education: Hailey Rosado Lopez
• GE's Industrial Solutions Scholarship Fund: Elena Argibay, Sahana Ganesh, Dhriti Swamy
• Andrew and Murielle Giacomini Scholarship Fund: Olivia Blanca
• Jake Gilbert Memorial Culinary Arts Scholarship Fund: Mikayla Corry
• Azilda Hebert Music Scholarship Fund: Joshua Clukey
• Dorothy Micloskey Ives Award: Anabelle Redline
• Grace and Norma Joy Scholarship Fund: Katie Tran
• John Kalinoski Scholarship Fund: Morgan Slevinsky
• Kalt Moreau Family Scholarship Fund for Education: Alexandra Gonzalez
• KAWFY Memorial Scholarship Fund: Christopher Bray, Sammi Bray, Lillian Magyar, Rachel Surveski
• Vincent T. Kozyrski Scholarship Fund: Rylan Ricardo
• Sean Landry Memorial Basketball Scholarship Fund: Morgan Slevinsky
• Ray Machine Corp./Ray and Darlene Lassy Family Fund: Jacob Darrell
• John J. and Doris Lazorik Memorial Scholarship Fund: Rita Gao, Nathan Pirog
• Leger Initiative for Education Fund: Lynette Jurczyk
• Dave Lepore Journalism Scholarship Fund: Colin Cavallari
• Thérèse MacCallum "Great Kid" Scholarship Fund: Joseph DiPace
• Nicholas P. Maglio ACE (A Chance for Education) Fund: Matthew Harkey
• Maskery Family Scholarship Fund: Victoria Hamel
• Elizabeth I. and Louis J. Matt Medical Scholarship Fund: Vanessa Drury, Lexi Michaud, Amelia Sarra, Renee Singleton, Gia Tirino, Destiny-Rose Wasilonsky, Jenna Wildman
• McMaster-Moulthrop Scholarship Fund: Olivia Blanca, Sophia Bouffard, Riley Caudill, Joshua Clukey, Logan Jackson, Olivia Norrie, Isabel Paolino, Madison Pikiell, Katie Tran, Patrick Wininger
• Ken E. Micloskey Award: Morgan Slevinsky
• Dave Mongillo Memorial/Golf Scholarship Fund: Patrick DiPace
• Al and Joan Monico Scholarship Fund: Ramon Peters, Suzonna Shackford
• NESMA Scholarship Fund: Angelina Fasci, Vincent Zhang
• AJR Nocera Memorial Fund: Mikayla Jo Ayers, Sophia Nocera
• Anthony Norton Scholarship Fund: Hannah Foster
• Scott W. Organ Student-Athletic Scholarship Fund: Jayden Colon
• C. Henry Ozga Memorial Scholarship Fund: Dominick Dao
• Ralph Papazian Memorial Scholarship Fund: Rita Gao
• Estelle Delano Peterson Scholarship Fund: Jenna Wildman
• Dorothy Dewey Picard Music Scholarship Fund: Joshua Clukey
• Plymouth Community Club Scholarship Fund: Jenna Wildman
• Plymouth Human Services Scholarship Fund for Healthcare Students: Kamila Molina-Benitez
• Alice C. Pulsifer Memorial Scholarship Fund: Hailey Rosado Lopez
• Max and Ruth Rabin Scholarship Fund: Lissie Flores Egusquiza
• Radcliff Family Education Fund: Haley Kuehn, Jia Yi Lu, Lexi Michaud, Heddi Wells
• Radcliff Plainville High School Fund: Kyle Badorek, Matthew Badorek, Patrick Kapusta, Valiantsin Kasabrukhau
• Louis J. Rascoe Scholarship Fund: Hannah Foster
• Julie A. Roche Nursing Scholarship Fund: Lexi Michaud
• Douglas Roland Aid for the Trades Scholarship Fund: Jose Cruz-Mendoza, Brandon Jenkins
• Clement J. Roy Scholarship Fund: Rita Gao
• Lawrence (Larry) Scelza Memorial Scholarship Fund: Layan Jahaf
• Dora Schubert Scholarship Fund: Kevin Wheeler
• Glo Sessions Fund for Art Education: Pushpita Hossain
• Jill Lynne Shackett Educational Scholarship Fund: Ava LeBlanc, Kiana Ouellette, Brooke Watson
• Southington Observer/StepSaver Scholarship Fund: Sammi Bray
• Swicklas Family Scholarship Fund: Hannah Foster
• Jay and Elizabeth Tyrrell Scholarship Fund: Pushpita Hossain, Lorrin Jackson
• Dr. Joan T. Wallace Prize for Highest Achievement in English at Southington High School: Victoria Dabrowski
• John & Peggy Walsh Memorial Scholarship Fund: Aemun Burhan, Rita Gao, Shanell Haye, Jack Jones, Katie Tran
• Kristen Warner Scholarship Fund: Joseph DiPace
• John Whitcomb Scholarship Fund: Hunter Wells
• Reverend Dr. Eddie C. Whitehead of Bristol CT – Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Fund: Cohen Blake, Aemun Burhan
• Eva Brodowicz Wickwire Volunteer Scholarship Fund: Liam Gagnon
• Pat and Bob Wollenberg Scholarship Fund for Special Education: Nicole Hammer, Kiana Ouellette
• The Craig Yarde Scholarship Fund: Kylee Barnes
• Yarde Metals Memorial Scholarship Fund: Allyson Fetzer, Jaiden Fore, Benjamin Kozikowski, Taylor Labbe, Jenna Lukasiewicz, Eve Null, Jonathan Paige, Danielle Regan, Rachel Ross, Nathaniel Rusinowicz, Emilia Tirado

Furthermore, the following scholarships were awarded to local elementary and secondary school students:

• 4 Burns Scholarship/St. Joseph/St. Paul Fund awarded scholarship grants to 2 students attending St. Joseph School and are continuing their high school education at St. Paul Catholic High School
• Keating-Monaghan Memorial Scholarship Fund awarded scholarship grants to 28 students attending St. Joseph School
• Lena M. & Peter L. Korotie Scholarship Fund awarded a scholarship grant to one student attending St. Paul Catholic High School
• Malerbo Memorial Scholarship Fund awarded scholarship grants to 16 students attending St. Paul Catholic High School
• Saint Matthew School Scholarship Fund awarded scholarship grants to two students attending St. Matthew School
• Louise (Humphrey) Van Gorder Music Camp Scholarship Fund awarded a scholarship to one student with a passion for music to support attendance at a one-week camp experience at Laurel Music Camp

To learn more about Main Street Community Foundation’s scholarship program, or to donate to a scholarship fund, visit www.mainstreetfoundation.org/scholarships.