Scarsdale Foundation Grants Scholarship Funds

The Scarsdale Foundation has awarded $110,000 in scholarship monies for the 2015-2016 academic year. These need-based financial stipends, awarded annually to deserving college students who have graduated from Scarsdale High School or were Scarsdale residents during their high school years, are intended to offset some of the college expenses of students who are going into their sophomore, junior and senior years.

In the face of spiraling tuition costs (more than $60,000 a year at many private schools, and often $40,000 a year at state schools), the Foundation expects no letup in the number of applications for assistance. "Contrary to popular belief, we in Scarsdale do not live in a bubble," said Scarsdale Foundation President Evelyn Stock, "We are not immune to the devastations that life may bring- job loss, economic downturns, divorce, crippling health issues, and death."

The Foundation is embarking on its 2015-2016 fundraising campaign for this critically important scholarship initiative. Foundation trustees encourage Scarsdale families to make a tax-deductible donation for student scholarships or even a bequest directly to the Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, by writing to the Scarsdale Foundation, PO Box 542, Scarsdale, NY 10583, or by contacting president Evelyn Stock at em.stock87@gmail.com. More information is available at www.scarsdalefoundation.org.

"Please help the Scarsdale Foundation to send the message that Scarsdale cares about the education of all of our children!" said President Stock. "These are our families and our children. Our role as a community is to help!"