Pittsfield Co-op Awards $7,000 in Scholarships to Area Students12:49PM / Monday, August 15, 2016 | |
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Pittsfield Cooperative Bank has announced that 14 area students have received awards from the bank's Centennial Scholarship Fund. Each recipient received $500.
Created in 1989 in celebration of the co-op’s 100th anniversary, the Centennial Scholarship Fund has provided more than $295,000 in aid to local students seeking to further their education.
This year’s recipients are:
Taconic High School: Richard Garwood, Nicholas Gingras
Pittsfield High School: Hailey Graham, Allison Hunt
St. Joseph's Central High School: Michael Peplowski, Nicholas Terpak
Wahconah Regional High School: Kayla Kowalczyk, Erica Perrea, Colleen Kiely
Monument Mountain Regional High School: Jesse Rogers, Meryl Phair
Mount Everett Regional School: Morgan DeGrenier
Lee High School: Samantha Touponce
Lenox Memorial High School: Alessandra Arace
"Supporting our community is a hallmark of what we do and these scholarships are an investment in our community's future," J. Jay Anderson, president and CEO of the Pittsfield Co-op Bank, said. "We are proud to support students achieve their dreams and we look forward to welcoming them home to live and work in the Berkshires."
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