Posted by Jack Costello on Jul 11, 2022
The Scholarship Winners have been announced!  Thank you to Judy Laspesa and the scholarship committee for their efforts in soliciting applications and selecting the winners. Here is the excerpt from our press release:
 
The Manchester-Essex Rotary Club is pleased to announce the 2022 "Service Above Self" scholarships.  Scholarships are awarded to students demonstrating leadership, integrity, and academic success.  Graduating high school seniors must either attend Manchester-Essex Regional High School or have parent(s) or legal guardian(s) residing in Manchester or Essex, Massachusetts. Students must be enrolling in a certificate or degree-granting program in the fall of 2022.
 
Congratulations to this year's recipients who are both attending Suffolk University in Boston.  Jacob Brown will be studying Business and Law.  Isabella Thurlow will be studying Psychology, Criminal Justice and Law.
 
 
The Manchester-Essex Rotary Club is grateful to our members and community for your support of our fundraising events.  The monies raised are used to support these scholarships and many other projects to benefit our community and those in need.
 
Pictured here are the MERC 2022 "Service Above Self" Scholarship winners Isabella Thurlow and Jacob Brown, who are seen helping us as volunteers at this year's Red White & Blue Breakfast.