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Autumnfest offering scholarship
WOONSOCKET — The Autumnfest Steering Committee is dedicated to making our community a place where each person and each event makes someone proud to live here. Through volunteers, the Autumnfest Steering Committee holds many community events with the largest one being on Columbus Day Weekend (Oct. 10-12, 2020). These community events are run by volunteers. People who want to make a difference by giving back to their community.
This year, the Autumnfest Steering Committee is proud to offer our first $500 scholarship to one graduating senior from Woonsocket High School or Woonsocket Area Career and Technical Center or Mount Saint Charles Academy or Beacon Charter High School for the Arts who display the love and passion for the community by the volunteer work they are involved in with the community. We ask that you tell us, in 500 words or less, how you embody similar qualities and include specific details on how you have volunteered to make a difference in your community and in the lives of those around you. Be sure to include any community involvement and/or civic activities.
Autumnfest General Chairman Garrett Mancieri says, “We are thrilled to offer this opportunity to one scholar who chooses to better their community through volunteerism. Autumnfest has a long standing tradition of community spirit and pride for over four decades and chose to begin this scholarship program this year as a way to give back, promote our community, and encourage youth participation to make our society a better place.” Send in your completed scholarship application and essay to Autumnfest Secretary, Kristi Keith (secretary@autumnfest.org) or by mail to Autumnfest, P.O. Box 574, Woonsocket,
RI 02895. The scholarship application can be downloaded and printed from the Autumnfest website (www.autumnfest.org).
SRA & Friends golf tournament registration open
PAWTUCKET — Registration is now open for Saint Raphael Academy’s 30th Annual Alumni & Friends Golf Tournament, which will be held at Pawtucket Country Club on Monday, May 11. The last few years sold out quickly, so early registration is suggested. This year’s tournament will honor Gary Furtado, President/CEO of Navigant Credit Union. The tournament is an annual fundraiser that supports tuition assistance for needy students.
There are limited spots for a morning teeoff at 7:45 a.m. and availability for the afternoon (1 p.m.) tee-off. Golfers receive a boxed lunch and are invited for a buffet dinner. Register at https://www.saintrays.org/alumni/alumni-events/new-30th-sra-alumni-and-friendsgolf-tournament/
SRA seeks sponsorships and raffle donations as well. For more information, contact 401-723-8100, ext. 120.
Watershed group seeks
volunteer monitors
WORCESTER — The Blackstone River Watershed Council/Friends of the Blackstone (BRWC/FOB) is seeking volunteers to assist with the 17th year of water quality monitoring of 17 sites in the Rhode Island region of the watershed.
A field monitor is needed to sample Cherry Brook in Woonsocket on Olo Street. Additional volunteers are needed so serve as “floaters” to cover sites on an “as-needed” basis.
Fieldwork not your thing? Come volunteer in the water-testing lab at the Friends of The Blackstone Environmental Education Center, located at 100 New River Road, Manville.