$1M gift to fund scholarships to DCCC for students from Coatesville
Campus club leaders, who are also scholarship recipients, gather at the DCCC Educational Foundation Scholarship Luncheon with Allyson Gleason (center), DCCC’s Director of Athletics & Campus Engagement. Photo credit: Jim Roese.
The Delaware County Community College (DCCC) Educational Foundation has received an estate gift of $1 million from the late Louise A. Strauss. The gift will establish an...
Connect Thru Cancer announces Cammie Hall Sanders Memorial Scholarship Award
Connect Thru Cancer (CTC) is delighted to announce a new memorial scholarship honoring the life of Cammie Hall Sanders, a devoted mother, wife, daughter, sister and friend who passed away in 2023 after a courageous 12-year battle with cancer.
The Cammie Hall Sanders Memorial Award will be presented annually to a local Chester County high school senior who has been personally impacted by a parent’s/guardian’s...
Air Line Pilots Association, International to present $50K to WCU for Michael Horrocks Football Scholarship Endowment Fund
West Chester University football players walk past a statue of former WCU QB Michael Horrocks, a United Airlines Pilot who was killed on 9/11.
The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) will present a $50,000 gift to West Chester University (WCU) for the Michael Horrocks Football Scholarship Endowment Fund. Vice President of Finance-Treasurer of ALPA Joseph Genovese will present a check to...
Henderson Foundation commits $1 million for scholarship fund at Penn State Brandywine
Wilbur C. and Betty Lea Henderson
The Wilbur C. and Betty Lea Henderson Foundation has committed $1 million to Penn State Brandywine to endow the Wilbur C. and Betty Lea Henderson Foundation Scholarship — the largest philanthropic gift from a foundation in the campus’ history. The scholarship will support full-time, high-achieving undergraduate students, with a first preference for those who have...
Woodard receives scholarship for PA Act 120 Municipal Police Academy Training
Brian Woodard
WEST CHESTER — In the year following the march by 4,000 people to the Historic Chester County Courthouse for a June 4, 2020 Black Lives Matter rally, positive changes continue. Brian Woodard is experiencing that change, as the second recipient of a Municipal Police Academy scholarship – a program created as a result of the march and that focuses on diversifying law enforcement in...
Chesco FOP donates scholarship funds to boost police diversity
President Steve Plaugher (Left) and Vice President Bob McCarron, Chester County FOP, announce a donation of scholarship funds for a student of color to attend the Municipal Police Academy.
WEST CHESTER — During Black History Month, the Chester County Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) provided $6,800 for tuition and stipend toward diversifying local law enforcement. The donation contributed to an initiative...
Mushroom Farmers award scholarships to area students
Community Awareness Committee Member Keith Silfee, Joseph Davidson, Natalie Savaiko and David Alonzo.
Fourteen college-bound high school seniors from four area high schools were awarded scholarships from the Mushroom Farmers of Pennsylvania’s Community Awareness Committee (CAC), the group announced today. Thirteen received the Sara Manning Scholarship ($1,000) and one received the Rob Ferranto Scholarship...
