Sponsored by First Bank VI, the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands (CFVI) hosted its annual awards reception on August 3rd to honor its donors, community partners, scholarship recipients and grantees. Students, parents and friends of the foundation came together at the Prior-Jollek Courtyard at Antilles School to celebrate achievements and recognize individuals that are making a difference in the community, according to a release CFVI issued Wednesday.
This year, the foundation awarded a total of $150,000 in summer grants and academic scholarships to VI students. Grants were awarded to local agencies to provide summer enrichment scholarships to foster children and children with high financial need throughout the territory. Funds for these grants were provided through the generosity of donors who make annual donations to the foundation.
Thanks to CFVI’s scholarship fund donors and other community partners, undergraduate, graduate and first-generation students will also have financial support to attend schools such as Temple University, Emerson College, Interlochen Arts Academy and the University of the Virgin Islands. CFVI scholarships range from $1,000-$6,000.
For the very first time, CFVI awarded scholarships to students at the Wheatley Skills Center through the Senator Marvin Blyden Scholarship Fund. Scholarship applications are still available for students that are currently enrolled at the Wheatley Skills Center on St. Thomas. Eligible applicants should apply at cfvi.fluidreview.com. The submission deadline is September 30.
If your organization or business is interested in awarding scholarships, consider establishing a scholarship fund at CFVI. The scholarship application, review and award process is managed by the Community Foundation. All you need to do is name your fund and begin fundraising for 2018, according to the release.
For more information, contact our Development Director, Katrin Braddell, at [email protected].
Applications for CFVI grants and scholarships are managed at cfvi.fluidreview.com. For more information about our offerings, visit our website at www.cfvi.net.
CFVI has awarded scholarships to Virgin Islands students since 1996. The foundation wants to keep in touch with as many of our past scholarship recipients as possible and asks that “scholarship alumni” contact the foundation at 774-6031 or visit our website at http://www.cfvi.net/ to fill out the scholarship recipient questionnaire.
2017 Academic Scholarship Recipients
| Recipient | Scholarship/ Grant | Island |
| Adesha Gumbs | Alexander Farrelly Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Ajayi Pickering-Haynes | Anna Greene Walsh Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Chasen Richards | Anna Greene Walsh Scholarship | St. Croix |
| Cyana Francis | Anna Greene Walsh Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Denzel Laurent | Anna Greene Walsh Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Georgerine Wright | Anna Greene Walsh Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Iyahnna Hiss | Anna Greene Walsh Scholarship | St. Croix |
| J’Had Ferris | Anna Greene Walsh Scholarship | St. Croix |
| Keesha Stuart | Anna Greene Walsh Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Nirisha Commodore | Artrelle M. Wheatley | St. Thomas |
| George Francis II | Blackhall Scholarship Award | St. Thomas |
| Dalissa Lettsome | CAHS Class of 1951 Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| De’Umee Liburd | CAHS Class of 1951 Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Amal Bryson | Coral World Scholarship | St. Croix |
| Habeeba O’Neil | Falek Family Fund Scholarhip | St. Croix |
| Alex Cintron | Heavy Materials Scholarship | St. Croix |
| Ameera Mustafa | Heavy Materials Scholarship | St. Croix |
| Briault Atemazem | Heavy Materials Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Cassia Smith | Heavy Materials Scholarship | St. Croix |
| Chanae Ottley | Heavy Materials Scholarship | St. Croix |
| Iris Battiste | Heavy Materials Scholarship | St. Croix |
| Mhina Barry | Heavy Materials Scholarship | St. Croix |
| Pooja Chainani | Heavy Materials Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Shaquanee Fenton | Heavy Materials Scholarship | St. Croix |
| Stuart Liburd, Jr. | Heavy Materials Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Tori Huyghue (2014) | Isaac & Rebecca Paiewonsky Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Joash Lake (2015) | Isaac & Rebecca Paiewonsky Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Tommy Wise (2016) | Isaac & Rebecca Paiewonsky Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Diamond Lewis (2017) | Isaac & Rebecca Paiewonsky Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Brianna Berry | Junior Angels Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Addis Miller | Kitty Koenig-Probyn Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Malik Alexander | Kym’s Kids Caribbean Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Shadora’h Donadelle | Kym’s Kids Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Ja’Shonique Greenaway | Kym’s Kids Caribbean Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Shirmara O’Garro | Kym’s Kids Caribbean Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Mariamma Richards | Kym’s Kids Caribbean Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Yari Munoz | Kym’s Kids Caribbean Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Arnon Nickie | Lana Vento Scholarship | St. Croix |
| Antonio Farchette(Graduate) | Lana Vento Scholarship | St. Croix |
| Jan-Alexis Barry (Graduate) | Lana Vento Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Louisa Fredey | Lana Vento Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Tekettay Ludvig | Lana Vento Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Chinique Charles | Marvin A. Blyden Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Makeda Mills | Marvin A. Blyden Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Mariamma Richards | Marvin A. Blyden Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| P’Azhae Harrigan | Marvin A. Blyden Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Shanique Henley (Wheatley Skills Center) | Marvin A. Blyden Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Alliyah Desout | Milan & Aliki Glumidge Memorial Scholars | St. Thomas |
| Nisha Hodge | NSL Graduate Studies Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Shanik George | Next Generation Scholar Award | St. Thomas |
| Ella Barr | Prior Family Foundation Performing Arts Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Isis Collier | Prior Family Foundation Performing Arts Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Maurice Hansby | Prior Family Foundation Performing Arts Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Joshua Farrell | Prior Family Foundation Performing Arts Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Junia Washington | Prior Family Foundation Performing Arts Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Hillori Norford | Subbase Drydock, Inc. Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| LeeAnn Knight | Subbase Drydock, Inc. Scholarship | St. Croix |
| Summer Jose | Subbase Drydock, Inc. Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Yudelka Acevedo | Subbase Drydock, Inc Scholarship | St. Croix |
| Michael Carraciolo | Theodore E. Sharp Scholar Award | St. Thomas |
| Lester Frett | Tunick Family Fund Scholarship | St. Thomas |
| Larisma Maduro | Whitley E. A. Williams Scholarship | St. John |
2017 Summer Grant Recipients
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