Sandhill Cove Foundation, Inc. distributes $173,000 in scholarships

For the ninth time since its establishment in 2015, Sandhill Cove Foundation, Inc., presented scholarships to employees of Sandhill Cove Retirement Living and/or their children to use towards furthering their education. This year’s event took place on May 9 at which 40 scholarships were awarded, an increase of 38-percent over last year.

Kathy Garlington, chair of the Scholarship Committee, introduced each recipient and identified their connection to Sandhill Cove, their intended area of academic concentration and the school each will be attending. Several are multi-year awardees.

This year, the recipients Carina Adrasse, Valessa Alectus, Alesha Alexandre, Alessa Alexandre, Argan Alexandre, Cherelle Anderson, Whitney Beaucejour, Daria Behrens, Daniella Bianchini, Hailee Blanscet, Franke Bonhomme, Payton Canipe, Brandin Cher-Aime, Kathy Cher-Aime, David Clark, Belgine Desir, Nathalie Desir, Suzzlie Desir,Clifford Dominique, Jayden Dominique, Shana Donassaint, Wilma Durand, Flory-Anne Eliaza, Sandra Emile, Ana Fabian, Megan Flaxman, Taina Francois, Crystal Gray, Caleb Haughie, Maria Hernandez, Ava Horne, Andre Johnson, Luvrette Johnson, Mia Kerner, Besline Laguerre, Savoya Levers, Loudjina Louidor, Gilda Murillo, Heather Stone and Abichaelle St. Juste.

Two honorary awards were also presented. Andre Johnson received the William Holmberg Award, recognizing a student in the technical/industrial field and Taina Francois received the Curtis Coutts Award, recognizing a student in the dedicated educator field. Ava Horne was the Student Speaker.

Merrill Snyder, president of the Sandhill Cove Foundation, welcomed attendees to the awards ceremony, asking the students to consider “what they will do with their time.” He noted that “you get to decide what to do with your time and that because the velocity of time increases with age, you should make the effort to prevent your time from getting frittered away.”

He was followed by guest speaker Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch, an educator, public servant and environmental advocate who is a Martin County native. Thurlow-Lippisch asked the students to think about not just what they were going to do with their lives, but also what they were going to do for the world wherever their passions take them.

The Foundation is an independent, tax-exempt charity set up by Sandhill Cove residents in August 2015 in accordance with Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS. To date, it has awarded more than $1 million in scholarships to both undergraduate and graduate students. For additional information about the Scholarship Program, call Merrill Snyder, President of the Sandhill Cove Foundation, Inc. at 772-283-7775.

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