Scholarship Applications Now Being Accepted From College-bound Summer Theater Performers
Applications are being accepted now
(April 7, 2009) Scholarship support is available to area students with a love for the performing arts who’ve participated in Southington Youth Summer Theater and/or the Plainville Choral Society Youth Summer Theater. The Suzanne Beckius Scholarship Fund, an endowed scholarship at the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain, is open to graduating high school seniors going on to college and students already attending an accredited university or college full time.
The scholarship was established in 2002 in memory of Southington resident Sue Beckius, whose love of theater, music and young people led her to help found the Plainville Choral Society and devote countless hours to the Southington Youth Summer Theater. In addition to participation in Plainville and/or Southington Youth Summer Theater programs, applicants should exemplify the attitudes and characteristics that Sue embodied: high energy, positive attitude and unselfish contributions to the Youth Summer Theaters. Candidates are recommended by committees at each of the Youth Summer Theaters. The application deadline is July 15, 2009.
For further information on Community Foundation scholarship opportunities, please contact Scholarship Manager Cheryl Farmer at 860-229-6018, ext. 305, or by email at cfarmer@cfgnb.org, or visit the Foundation’s website at www.cfgnb.org.