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Bluebag Media
Bridges to College
awards 14 scholarships
GREENVILLE – Bridges to College awarded 14 scholarships in a ceremony
at Memorial Hall Aug. 10, totaling over $83,000 in scholarships over
the past seven years.
According to Bridges President Bill LaFramboise, the program which
started in 2006, focuses on mentorship through volunteers, college
visits and other forms of programming, and scholarships. The
organization has helped 91 recipients achieve their college goals.
Participating schools are Greenville High School, Ansonia High School
and (just starting this year) Franklin Monroe High School.
This year’s recipients are, New: Jacob Butsch, GHS; Chloe Lance, GHS;
Tyler Landis, GHS; Masen Rich, GHS; Second Year: Shanelle Smith, GHS;
Taylor Bergman, Ansonia; Haleigh Luce, GHS; Cole Ward, GHS; Third Year:
Austin Bergman, Ansonia; Sydney Hunt, GHS; Brittany Ulman, Ansonia;
Erica Waller, GHS; Fourth Year: Christina Cost, GHS; and Mason Perez,
Ansonia.
The ceremony included a presentation from new recipient, Tyler Landis.
According to Anne McKinney, Bridges to College Executive Director, they
don’t usually ask a new recipient to talk about his experience but
Tyler’s was an unusual one…
His goal is to become a film director/actor and he had participated in
a program known as Fresh Films at Aurora, IL. The company provides
teens with the opportunity to get experience on what it’s like on the
set of a Hollywood movie. He was there for six days and learned about
many different aspects of film production...
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