Chamber Awards $48,000 in Scholarships

On May 12, Chamber members will meet the region’s most accomplished high school seniors as they receive scholarships from the North Central Massachusetts Chamber Foundation. A total of $48,000 in 24 scholarships will be  awarded at the Good Morning Breakfast at the Doubletree by Hilton in Leominster. Special thanks go to HealthAlliance for sponsoring the breakfast.

The following students each received a $2,000 scholarship, and are listed by their name, school and the specific scholarship:

Emily Buchanan of Westminster,  Oakmont Regional High School, Roderick W. & Donna M. Lewin Scholarship; Alivia Burns, Leominster High School – Center for Technical Education Innovation, HealthAlliance Hospital Inc. Scholarship; Sophia Goncalves, Fitchburg High School, Elizabeth & Anthony DiGeronimo Family Scholarship; and, Morgan DiPilla from Sterling,  Wachusett Regional High School, Barbara Silva Scholarship.

Also, Shanina Ferreira of Fitchburg, Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School, Chamber Foundation Scholarship; John Gove, Leominster High School, Enterprise Bank & Trust Scholarship; Olivia Houle from Leominster,  Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School, Edward C.J. Healey Scholarship; Laura Jenny of Lunenburg, Leominster High School, HealthAlliance Hospital Inc. Scholarship; Shanna Joseph from Sterling, Wachusett Regional High School, Salny Family Scholarship; Keith Kidder of Ayer,  Ayer Shirley Regional High School, Elizabeth & Anthony DiGeronimo Family Scholarship; Anneke LaPosta of Lancaster, Nashoba Regional High School, Benjamin Asher Scholarship; Kristen Maguy, Leominster High School, David L. McKeehan Scholarship; Mark McKew from Ashby, St. Bernard’s Central Catholic High School, M.Ruth Lee Scholarship; Cameron Moylan from Ashby, Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School, George R. Wallace and Alice G. Wallace Scholarship; Kyleigh Olivier, Leominster High School, M.Ruth Lee Scholarship; and, Mark Pothier, Leominster High School, Chamber Golf Tournament Scholarship.

In addition, Sashealy Rivera of Fitchburg, Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School, HealthAlliance Hospital Inc. Scholarship; John Shelton, The Bromfield School, Rollstone Bank & Trust Scholarship; Amy Sjoberg from Groton, Groton-Dunstable Regional High School, Ronald Ansin Scholarship; Madeleine Steele, The Bromfield School, HealthAlliance Hospital Inc. Scholarship; Bryson Tang of Pepperell, Nashoba Valley Technical High School, Chamber Foundation Scholarship; Brendan Tobin, Lunenburg High School, Adams Family Scholarship; Chloe Wespiser of Townsend, North Middlesex Regional High School, Chamber Golf Tournament Scholarship; and, Peyton Wirtz, Fitchburg High School, Workers’ Credit Union Scholarship.