NORTHBOROUGH – The Northborough Scholarship Committee has announced the recipients of its 2023 scholarship awards.
The students were announced during the Select Board’s June 12 meeting. The Algonquin Regional High School recipients include Julia Galas, Gabriel Gomes, Marianna LoRusso, Isabelle McNulty and Allison Silva. Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School’s Muhammed Sall and Saint John’s James Benestad also received awards.
According to Scholarship Committee Chair Liz Nolan, a total of $3,300 was awarded to the students.
There were about 30 students who applied for the scholarship.
“It was not an easy decision for our committee to select the recipients,” Nolan said. “It was really a great group of applications.”
Select Board Chair Mitch Cohen congratulated the students.
“As you finish your high school career, preparing for the next phase of education, it’s great that Northborough has created the scholarship fund and that people have been willing to put some money into it, and we can help you out,” he said.
According to Nolan, all of the members are relatively new to the committee and been appointed within the last year or two.
Over the past year, the committee has worked to brainstorm new ways to fundraise, improve the process and raise awareness to the existence of the scholarship fund.
As Nolan described it, the scholarship fund does not receive money from the town budget and instead relies on the generosity of the community. This year, the Scholarship Committee fundraised through a mini-photo shoot and by partnering with Algonquin to sell yard signs.
For more information on how to contribute to the fund, visit https://www.town.northborough.ma.us/scholarshipcommittee.