From Students to their Scholarship Sponsor:
Dear Mr Drew and Mr Mersereau/Drew & Mesereau, PC:
Thank you so much for the scholarship you have provided me through Avon Dollars For Scholars. I am both honored and deeply touched by your generousity and concern for others within your community. The money will come of great use to me and my family in the upcoming year. But more so, I feel blessed that there are still people in this world like you who work to promote characteristics such as scholastic merit and service. Hemal S.
Dear Mr Brighenti:
Thank you for your generosity and support you have given to the Avon community through your scholarship. I am so grateful that I was the recipient of your Dollars For Scholars scholarship….I hope some day that I will be able to follow your lead, and give a deserving student the same support. Blaise D.
Dear Dr Weiss/Avon Dental Group:
I sincerely thank you for the opportunity and encouragement you have given me. This scholarship means a lot to me, and it will be put to good use. I appreciate your investment in me, and I assure you I will do all I can to attend dental school to help pass on to others the help you have given me. Steve R.
Dear Mr and Mrs Pena:
I’m writing to let you know how much I appreciate receiving your scholarship…This scholarship money is going directly towards my tuition. Thank you for all you do to support our town and for contributing to my education. Brynn P.
Dear Linda Nelson/Learning Power:
Thank you for the generous scholarship. I appreciate all the effort that went into raising the funds to assist me in pursuing the arts. I am excited to be attending Rhode Island School of Design. Emma S.
Dear Patricia Kiser/Avon Lions Club:
Thank you so much for this scholarship. It means the world. I think it is so great that you and so many others support, care, and help us when we need it the most. I wouldn’t be able to achieve my future goals without your help…. Thanks to your contribution I can build a career. I can’t tell you how much it means…The gift you gave will never be forgotten. Raquel L.
Dear Mr and Mrs Jacobson:
My family and I are deeply grateful to you for your generous contribution to Avon Dollars For Scholars. We especially appreciate the focus of your particular scholarship: achievement in the artistic fields…. I plan on working hard to be successful and to be able to make my own generous contributions to scholarship funds for students of the arts. Katii T.
Dear Mr Bryan Bowerman/Farmington Savings Bank:
Thank you so much for awarding me with an Avon Dollars For Scholars scholarship. As a sponsor, it must be a great feeling to know that you help local students realize their dreams. I appreciate your generosity very much. Gabrielle V.
Dear Joseph and Penny Woodford:
I was extremely honored to be chosen as a recipient of the Penny and Joe Woodford Scholarship. The award will be going to my education at St Joseph’s College, where I plan to major in business and hope to become either an actuary or math teacher. Again, I want to thank you deeply for investing in my continuing education and for being part of the Avon Dollars For Scholars community. Kristyn Z.
From Students to Dollars For Scholars:
Dollars For Scholars really brings the community together to help the college bound teenagers of Avon. It was such an honor to be awarded this scholarship. Lauren H.
What makes this scholarship so special is that I know how hard Dollars For Scholars works because I see members in my community dedicating so much of their time to it. Alison P.
Thank you so much for your generous contribution in my pursuit of higher education. This will help me greatly in my studies in accounting at URI, where I have always dreamed of going. I really appreciate your thoughtfulness and support. I will always remember the generosity of your organization, and I will give in the future to help out another student, as you did for me. Heather S.
From Parents:
Dear Steve:
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to you and the Avon Dollars For Scholars Board of Directors for the scholarships our sons received in 2007 and 2008…. Thank you all so much for your dedication to this foundation. Cyndy and Chris M.