The Jason Christopher Wilhelm Scholarship Fund will give its Scholarship Awards at Camden High School's Class Night in Camden, New York.
Two college-bound seniors that our Board members agree have best met the application criteria will each receive a $1,000 award.
2023 Class Night begins at 6:00 PM.
Camden High School
55 Oswego Street Camden, NY |
What's In A Name?Every year since our first scholarships were awarded in 2009, the selection of just two individuals from a group of hard-working, thoughtful students has been consistently difficult... but also rewarding as we examine the academic, athletic, and artistic achievements of some of the most promising students of each year's graduating class.
The criteria for consideration of a Scholarship Award are:
The Board is presented the additional challenge of selecting each year's recipients from applications teeming with personal success and service to community. With so many similar outstanding academic and extracurricular achievements, the essay portion allows a glimpse into the heart and soul of each student.
The writing carries most of the weight in a very personal decision for each member of the selection committee, as the authors bravely share recollections of their triumph over pain, misfortune, and loss.
After two are chosen from so many, to know the rest also possess the strength to achieve their goals provides solace and inspiration.
We encourage anyone in doubt of the resolve of this generation to attend Camden High School Class Night to see our scholarship awards among the many handed out to hardworking, deserving young adults destined to shape and improve the world around them.
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Our Scholarship Award Recipients
2021
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Holland Hawkes
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Autumn Kahler
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2020
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Mary Birmingham
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Kenneth Hurd II
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2019
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Chloe Baumgarten
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Mackenzie Currie
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2018°
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Ayanna Calderon-Walker
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Destinee Sobles
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Hunter Williams
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2017°
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Hunter Holliday
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Grace Norton
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Anna Seidl
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2016
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Maci Harrington
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Madison Keller
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2015
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Sydney McGowan
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Elisabeth Wolff
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2014
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Brooke Hughes
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Karly Keil
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2013
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Brianna Capron
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Michaela Soules
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2012
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Corinne Hurd
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Alexis Tucker
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Emily Closinski**
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2011*
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Jake Clark
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Jennifer Kluskie
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Chandler Mellon
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2010*
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Holden Coon
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Ariel Dean
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Alexis Hanson
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2009
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Nicole Henry
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Cassandra Smith
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*in 2010 and 2011, three awards were given. The individual $500 award amount was increased to $1,000 in 2012.
** Emily Closinski, 2012 graduate of Rome Free Academy, was the first recipient of our $250 Spirit Of The Cure Award, for superior academic achievement, distinction in community service, and for proving to be an invaluable asset to this organization.
°in 2017 and 2018, a third $1,000 award was given in memory of Bob Fleming.
** Emily Closinski, 2012 graduate of Rome Free Academy, was the first recipient of our $250 Spirit Of The Cure Award, for superior academic achievement, distinction in community service, and for proving to be an invaluable asset to this organization.
°in 2017 and 2018, a third $1,000 award was given in memory of Bob Fleming.