FALL 2011: Our First Graduates!
Melissa Pognon, our first scholarship recipient from Project Morry, has Graduated! She is moving forward, continuing her studies abroad, working in Spain through a program by the University of Alcala, interning in the Matching Gifts Department at the US Fund for UNICEF. Well Done Melissa!
Summer 2010:
Jordana Beaty, our 2008 recipient from Benton High School, has just been accepted to the LPN program at Rend Lake College. Way to go Jordana!
February, 2010:
Jennifer Nolan, our 2008 recipient from Project Morry, has just found out that she landed an internship with the U.S. Marshall's Office in their Manhattan office. Congrats, and best of luck Jennifer!
Chris Stewart, our 2007 recipient from Benton High School (pictured on right), was able to take part in a trip to Santiago, Chile, to present at the VIII Latin American Symposium on Nuclear Physics and Applications. While there, his team presented some of the background information and preliminary results of the research that he has been doing over the past year and a half.
Currently, the Donna Kaye Smith Scholarship Fund is proud to support:
Project Morry is a year-round youth development organization that provides to each child a multi-year commitment anchored by a superb residential summer camp experience. Morry was a champion of children with a firm belief in extending the camp experience to boys and girls from economically disadvantaged communities. In the late fall of 1995, Morry Stein’s friends, family and colleagues established Morry’s Camp in his honor. Project Morry was designed for inner-city children to attend four weeks of summer camp, over four consecutive years with a year-round commitment of support from the staff. In the summer of 1996, over 150 children who were entering the 5th grade enjoyed the Morry’s Camp experience. In the fall of 1996, Morry’s year-round program was launched.
Today, Project Morry continues to be dedicated to providing economically, underserved children, ages 9-18 with enriching learning opportunities through a curriculum based on school gatherings and an intensive summer camp program. This year over 395 children will participate in Project Morry’s year-round youth development program.
The Donna Kaye Smith Scholarship Fund is also proud to support graduating seniors from Benton Consolidated High School.
BENTON CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL
511 East Main ST.
Benton, IL 62812
Ph: 618 439 3103 • fax: 618 438 2915
www.bentonhighschool.org