CALLING ALL PAST SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS TO GIVE BACK
In the 56 years since Scholarship Foundation of East Providence was founded in our city, more than 5,000 local students have benefitted.
With financial support from their community, they have continued their education at colleges, career or technical schools in Rhode Island and throughout the country.
Some have moved away, but many have remained in the area and have enhanced our community as teachers, lawyers, doctors, police officers, automotive technicians, accountants, pharmacists, nurses, construction managers or physical therapists.
Others have become radiologic technologists, artists, musicians, engineers, sonographers, business leaders, chemists, marine biologists, veterinarians, biologists, social workers, psychologists, actors, and graphic designers. One past scholarship recipient is the Academy Award winning writer/director of Frozen. Another was mayor of East Providence. And a third is currently East Providence Superintendent of Schools.
The local volunteer scholarship group recently held a phone-a-thon to raise funds for scholarships for 2025 recipients. We ask for support, especially from past scholarship recipients and their families, to make a contribution to give back to help this year’s recipients. You know best how important this community support is for families.
Checks can be made payable to Scholarship Foundation of East Providence and mailed to P.O. Box 154438, Riverside, RI 02915. If you act promptly, your donation may be doubled. The first $45,000 received in phone-a-thon contributions will be matched by The Carter Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation.