WCCF offering $156,000 in scholarships
The Washington County Community Foundation is accepting applications for the following post-secondary scholarships:
Clyde J. Tracanna/Washington Rotary Club Scholarship – $3,000 for McGuffey, Washington and Trinity students for community service.
Chrome Federal Credit Union Ed Orisko Scholarship – $4,500, students graduating from any high school in Washington County.
Joseph P. Femiani Memorial Scholarship – $1,000, Peters Township students who are involved in community service.
David O. and Sara F. Johnson Family Education Fund – $1,000, McGuffey students.
Sam & Bev Minor Fund – $1,000, students graduating from a Washington or Greene County high school, with preference given to students who demonstrate a propensity for entrepreneurialism, have been employed while attending high school, or who have participated in Junior Achievement.
Alice Boone Main Memorial Fund – $500, McGuffey students.
Buckholt Science Scholarship – $500, McGuffey students with a science major.
Burgettstown Junior/Senior High Student Council Leadership Scholarship Fund – $500, Burgettstown students active in Student Council.
Arthur V. Ciervo Scholarship Fund – $500, Bethlehem-Center students.
Margaret Pitek Ciervo Scholarship Fund – $500, Bethlehem-Center female students.
Ronald T. Miller Scholarship Fund – $1,000, Peters Township students with an engineering major.
Charles Pappas Sr. Scholarship Fund – $1,500, Burgettstown students.
Washington County Visiting Nurses’ Association Scholarship Fund – $6,000, second-year nursing students who reside in Washington County
Curtis Wachter Memorial Scholarship Fund – $50, photography or photojournalism major who resides in Washington County.
Dr. Paul Pipik Fund for Study in the Health Sciences – $850, Bethlehem-Center students with a health sciences major.
Kirk C. Moninger Fund – $400, Trinity students who are members of the National Honor Society and play varsity lacrosse.
Elizabeth Plumer Memorial Scholarship Fund – $1,000, Trinity students with an education major.
D. Jack & Geraldine L. Gaido Memorial Fund – $4,000, Chartiers-Houston, Trinity or homeschooled students residing in these districts who with a business, medicine or theology major.
Dave Pew Memorial Scholarship Fund – $500, Peters Township students with a music or music education major.
Ringgold Alumni Scholarship Fund – $250, Ringgold students.
Sprowls College and Post Graduate Scholarship Fund – $1,000, Fort Cherry students, with preference given to students who demonstrate a passion for the humanities
Kerns Family Scholarship Fund - $1,000, McGuffey students who are members Future Farmers of America and plan to major in agriculture.
John & Sophie Choratch Scholarship Fund – $25,000, children of Washington County families who have been accepted at or attend a post-secondary trade school, college or university whose parent or guardian is employed or volunteers as a first responder in Washington County. Preference will be given to students whose parent or guardian has been killed in the line of duty, or who have otherwise been affected by local tragedy.
Burgettstown Lions Scholarship Fund – $1,000, Burgettstown students involved in community service.
Megan J. Phillis Scholarship Fund for Academic Excellence – $500 available, Burgettstown students.
Black Family Scholarship – $2,000, Avella or West Greene students who with an agriculture, education or nursing major.
Rebecca Sarah Rogers – $1,000, Washington students with an education major.
Linda LeFever Scholarship Fund – $1,000, Heinz School of Carnegie Mellon students who reside in Washington or Allegheny counties.
Scholarship Fund for the Arts – $500, Chartiers-Houston students majoring in the arst.
Kiwanis Club of Washington Scholarship Fund – $1,000, Western Area Career and Technology Center students or students planning to attend Penn Commercial Business and Technical School.
Ryan Johnston & Vaughn Johnston Scholarship Fund – $1,000, McGuffey students.
Chapman Family Scholarship Fund – $36,000 available, students graduating from any high school in Washington County or Greene County attending any post-secondary school, including trade and technical schools.
CAS/Dr. Kim Stacher Scholarship Fund – $1,000, students graduating from any high school in Washington County or Greene counties, with preference given to former students of the Community Action Southwest Head Start program.
Olivia Scott Scholarship Fund – $2,000, McGuffey students and students graduating from any other high school in Washington County.
William L. & Barbara M. Laird Fund – $1,000, McGuffey students majoring in elementary education.
Christman Family Scholarship Fund – $4,000, Washington High School female students who are members of a minority class.
Hunter Lafe McAdoo Scholarship Fund – $1,000, McGuffey students majoring in the field of medicine.
Friends of MarkWest Scholarship Fund – $38,000, students residing in Washington County who plan to attend a manufacturing, electrical or commercial driver’s license program at Western Area Career and Technology Center.
Washington Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Scholarship Fund – $1,000, students residing in Washington County and enrolling in the nursing program at Washington Hospital School of Nursing.
Washington County Gay Straight Alliance Scholarship Fund – $8,000, Washington County students who have advocated for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Questioning, Queer, Asexual and Allied (LGBTQA) community.
Applications must be submitted electronically using the online post-secondary scholarship application available at www.wccf.net. Additionally, students must provide hard copies of their FAFSA student aid report and transcript to the WCCF office at 1253 Route 519, P.O. Box 308, Eighty Four, PA 15330. All components of the application must be received by April 1 in order for a student to be considered for a scholarship. Students are encouraged to learn more about each of the available scholarships by visiting the WCCF website.
To date, the foundation has awarded more than $1.5 million in scholarships to local students.