Violet Morris Memorial Scholarship

The Boilermaker Road Race is pleased to announce the acceptance of applications for the Violet Morris Memorial Scholarship. This will be the second year of this scholarship.

This $5,000 scholarship is awarded to a local high school senior who is planning on or currently attending a local college to include Utica College, MVCC, Hamilton College, SUNY-IT or HCCC.

While an important focus is the individual is a runner, the intent is to reward the efforts of a person who struggled or struggles against adversity to achieve a goal. Involvement with some aspect of the Boilermaker Road Race is a plus but not necessary.

"Violet was an individual who realized both the importance of education and the importance of self sacrifice," said her husband Bob Morris. "This is her gift to the youth in our community."

CRITERIA

1. $5,000 scholarship to be paid to one student for one academic year.
2. Graduating senior or recent graduate from the following Mohawk Valley area high schools or local high school graduate attending listed colleges full time.
3. Displays passion and dedication to running, perhaps manifested in running the Boilermaker.
4. An individual who has consistently volunteered to make our community a better place.
5. Has encountered and dealt with a formidable challenge in their lives.

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

From the following schools in the district:

High Schools

Adirondack Brookfield Camden Canastota Clinton Cooperstown Dolgeville Frankfort-Schuyler Hamilton Herkimer Holland Patent Ilion Little Falls Madison Mount Markham Mohawk Morrisville-Eaton New Hartford New York Mills

Notre Dame Old Forge Oneida Oriskany Owen D. Young Poland Proctor Remsen Richfield Springs Rome Catholic Rome Free Academy Sauquoit South Lewis VVS Waterville West Canada Westmoreland Whitesboro

Colleges

Hamilton College HCCC MVCC

SUNY-IT Utica College