Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation

May 1 Deadline for Litchfield County Scholarships

April 6, 2010

GREAT BARRINGTON, MA—Three scholarship funds managed by Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation are accepting applications through 5 p.m. on May 1. Eligibility criteria, application forms and a list of previous award winners are available online at here or by calling Berkshire Taconic at 413.528.8039.

The funds are:

George and Lucille Buterbaugh Scholarship Fund—New in 2010, this fund provides scholarships to graduating seniors of Housatonic Valley Regional High School who will attend an accredited college, university, vocational-technical or professional institute and for whom this award will have a significant impact.

Ferris Burtis Scholarship Fund—Students eligible are graduating high school seniors who are full-time residents of the Berkshire Taconic Region and have been accepted in a conservatory or school of music for the fall term 2010 for the purpose of pursuing a career in some form of classical music.

Teddy Lee Drumm Memorial Scholarship—Available to graduating high school seniors who are residents of Sharon, CT. Applicants must be accepted into an accredited college, university, vocational, technical or professional institute in the United States and demonstrate academic potential, financial need and the desire to advance in a profession.

Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation was founded in Salisbury, CT in 1987. Since that time, Berkshire Taconic has distributed over $10 million to benefit residents of the Northwest Corner of Connecticut through scholarships and grants for programs in the arts and education, health and human services, and environmental protection. Berkshire Taconic is the community foundation for Northwest Litchfield County, CT, Northeast Dutchess County and Columbia County, NY, and Berkshire County, MA, building stronger communities and improving the quality of life for everyone in its region. Berkshire Taconic is a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization.

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