SHOP Presents Scholarship Funds to NSA
/From The Newtown Bee - By Shannon Hicks
Glenn Nanavaty, president and treasurer of Newtown Scholarship Association (NSA), recently accepted a donation of $1,000 from Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity (SHOP), representing the funds for SHOP’s annual scholarship.
PHOTO: SHANNON HICKS
Glenn Nanavaty, left, president and treasurer of Newtown Scholarship Association (NSA), acceptS a donation of $1,000 from Joe Hemingway, president of Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity (SHOP), representing the funds for SHOP’s annual scholarship.
NSA will choose the deserving recipient of the scholarship, who will be a Sandy Hook resident interested in pursuing a business major in college. Since its establishment in 2013, the SHOP Scholarship Fund has been able to award four students need-based scholarships totaling $8,000, according to Mr Nanavaty.
NSA was established in 1937 to provide need-based financial aid to residents of Newtown attending college.