YOUTH ON THE GO
Onteora High School students Sophia Roberts and Emily Peck were each awarded a $500 Community Service Scholarship from the Maya Gold Foundation.
They were awarded the scholarships based on their commitment to serving hospitalized youngsters in the community. Roberts and Peck will be working together on an initiative they co-created, the Independent Hospitalized Youth Reading Project. Both teens will be visiting children in local hospitals to read to them. At the end of each visit, the teens will be leaving the books with the youngsters they visit.
Peck and Roberts opted to use all of their scholarship funds to purchase the books. They will be providing periodic updates to the foundation on the progress of their work.
Teens can apply for the scholarships to support their community service efforts, provided their work is aligned to the foundation’s mission. Visit mayagoldfoundation.org to apply for the scholarships online or for more information.
••• Erin Forbes of Rhinebeck and Gianna Beckmann of Salt Point were awarded scholarships by the Dutchess County Agricultural Society at its annual dinner meeting on July 18.
Forbes was chosen to receive a maximum $8,000 scholarship paid up to four consecutive years in increments of $2,000 per anum. She recently completed a certificate in sustainable Agriculture at the University of Massachusetts. Forbes was also granted a Gaeltacht Summer Award by the Irish Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, supported by the Fulbright Commission in Ireland, and is currently furthering her studies of the Irish language at the National University of Ireland in Galway.
Forbes has participated in the Dutchess County Fair since she was 5 years old, showing her chickens, horse and rabbits. She as written and published two novels and is working on her third. She will be attending Marist College in Poughkeepsie to pursue a bachelor’s degree in English. Combining her love for writing and her interest in agriculture, her career goals include increasing agriculture literacy in children and adults.
She is the daughter of Darren and Linda Forbes of Rhinebeck.
Beckmann received the $500 Worthy of Recognition Scholarship. She has participated in the Dutchess County Fair since she was 5 years old, showing her dairy cows. She is currently attending High Point University in North Carolina and has been named to the dean’s list. She is pursuing a degree in the medical field as a physician’s assistant.
She is the daughter of Bob and Gina Beckmann of Salt Point.
Scholarship applicants are evaluated in a variety of areas, including Dutchess County Fair participation, citizen and leadership roles and field of study.
••• Six recent high school graduates from Hurley were each awarded $500 scholarships by the Hurley Lions Club’s high school scholarship program.
Four of the students are Kingston High School graduates. They are Kelly Manley, who will be attending the University of Vermont in Burlington, Matthew Baker, who will be attending Clarkson University in Potsdam; Jaime Hopkins, who will be attending
the State University of New York at Cortland; and Jordan
Gregory, who will be attending the State University of New York at Oneonta. Manley is the daughter of William and Kathy Manley. Baker is the son of Mary and Richard
Baker. Hopkins is the daughter are Jessica and Sean Hopkins. Gregory is the son of Kris Gregory.
Also receiving scholarships were John A. Coleman Catholic High School graduate Michael Armanious and Onteora High School graduate Allison Kim. Armanious will attend Siena College in Loudonville and is the son of Amal Saad. Kim will attend
the State University of New York at Potsdam and is the daughter of Monica and Matt LeClair.
The scholarship program accepts applications from students attending Kingston High School, John A. Coleman Catholic High School and Onteora High School. Applicants who reside in the town of Hurley are given first priority before other Ulster County residents.
Applicants must be considered a full-time college student by the institution they will be attending.
The Hurley Lions Club also sponsors two annual $500 scholarships through the Ulster Community College Foundation, Inc. for SUNY Ulster students who reside in the town of Hurley. This year’s recipients were Mickey Hein and Stephanie Rice.