Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation

February 15 Deadline for Webutuk Graduates Summer Scholarship

January 9, 2012

SHEFFIELD, MA—February 15 is the deadline for applications for the Barbara Thorlichen Riefle Summer Enrichment Scholarship of the Violet Simmons Scholarship Fund. The fund offers grants of up to $5,000 to underwrite an "extraordinary summer experience" for graduates of Webutuck Central School who are enrolled in their second or third year at a four-year accredited college or in their first year at an accredited two-year college.

Examples of programs that the scholarship might support include: a local, national or international service project; travel related to a particular area of academic research or study; an unpaid internship or independent study; and other study, work or services relating to the arts, government, ecology, history, literature, the sciences, children or youth.

Last year, Violet H. Simmons Scholarship-winner Jonathan Schultz of Millerton, used his award to participate in a three week intensive German program at the University of Rhode Island and Camille Roccanova of Ancramdale, participated in the Haystack Mountain School of Craft program in Deer Isle, Maine.

The Violet H. Simmons Scholarship Fund is an endowment of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation. Additional information and application forms for the scholarship are available by calling Berkshire Taconic at 413.229.0370 or by emailing programs@berkshiretaconic.org.

Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation builds stronger communities and improves the quality of life for all residents of northwest Litchfield County, CT; Berkshire County, MA; and Columbia County and northeast Dutchess County, NY, acting as an agent for positive change in the region. Since 1987, Berkshire Taconic has managed a growing collection of charitable funds created by individuals, families and businesses. Each year, the foundation distributes over $7 million through grants and scholarships for programs in the arts and education, health and human services and environmental protection, helping thousands of donors achieve their philanthropic goals and hundreds of nonprofits carry on their good work. Berkshire Taconic is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity.

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