Bridgeport News: Scholarships Awarded
The Bridgeport Guardians Inc. held its annual Captain Nelson P. Kearney scholarship awards dinner. Guardian members, as well as community leaders, joined together to promote the higher education focus on Bridgeport youth. The event was held at Thelmas Restaurant located downtown in the park city. The following awards, totaled at $3,250.00, were distributed at the scholarship dinner: Henryiana Maxelix Bassick High School Senior $1,000.00 award Attending Southern Connecticut State University Andrea Carvajal Central High School Senior $1,000.00 award Attending Western Connecticut State University Domenica Selitte Harding High School Senior $1,000.00 award Attending Southern Connecticut State University Nyshell Robertson Bridgeport resident $250.00 book award Attending Pace University for her sophomore year "It is our belief that through education, any student has the necessary framework to succeed in the…