BETHEL (NEWS CENTER) -- On Friday
night, the seniors at Telstar High School will graduate. Eleven of them
are from the town of Andover. And each of those Andover grads will get a
$2500 scholarship.
Since its inception in 1987, the Andover Educational Scholarship Fund
has given hometown graduating seniors close to five hundred thousand
dollars.
The fund was started twenty-two years ago when former Andover resident,
Bob Spidell, offered to match whatever members of the Alumni Association
could raise. They went to work. Fund raising begins every year in
September. So far the town has given scholarships to 127 students.
Every single graduate from the town of Andover gets a scholarship for
every year they're in college. They don't have to be a star athlete or
straight "A" student.
It means a lot to the kids. Senior Whitney Mills heads to UNH in the
fall.
"...not only because its money," says Mills, "but from our community,
from people who we've grown up with mentoring us. It means a lot coming
from them."
If you would
like to contribute to our Andover Educational Fund it would be
greatly appreciated. 100%of these much needed funds goes to help
assist Andover graduates in furthering their education.
