Scholarships totaling $5,000 were given to women who demonstrate a commitment to community service.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
The Troy Women's Association (TWA) recently awarded ten $500 educational scholarships to young women from Troy. TWA created the annual scholarship program to award educational scholarships to women who demonstrate a commitment to community service. Scholarships were presented to: For more information about the Troy Women's Association, please visit www.troywomensassociation.org.
Nine area women receive a $500 scholarships and recognition for accomplishments and community service.
Several of the nine recipients receiving scholarships from the Troy Women’s Association are separated by generations, but all have a common desire: to complete an education that can help them achieve. Some of the women already have children and families of their own, while others are young with dreams that are just beginning. Like their ages, their academic goals range in interest from business to medicine. In a ceremony before the association’s June 7 meeting, each recipient was recognized and received a flower. Troy High School graduate Morgan Fisher, 18 said she was “ecstatic” to win one of the nine $500 scholarships granted by the Women’s Association. She intends to use the scholarship to help this fall at Oakland University, where …
