ERCA is proud to announce the recipients of the 2014-2015 Community Contribution Scholarships. Community Contribution Scholarships are awarded to high school students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership ability and a depth of commitment that has had a positive impact on their world. To qualify, applicants are required to have recognized a problem or a need within their communities and developed and administered volunteer projects that provided a solution. This year’s winners are pictured below. The top prize of $5,000 was awarded to Matthew Kaplan; 2 awards of $2,500 each went to Sharon Li and Gregory Kulchyckyi; and 15 awards of $1,000 each were also awarded, for a grand total of $25,000. Congratulations to all for a job well done!
Matthew Kaplan Graduation Year: 2015 Tesseract High School, Phoenix, AZ |
Nina Priya Kumar Graduation Year: 2015 Hagerty High School, Chuluota, FL |
Caitlin Wherry Graduation Year: 2015 Big Valley Christian High School, Modesto, CA |
Sharron Li Graduation Year: 2015 Glenda Dawson High School, Manvel, TX |
William Lewis Graduation Year: 2015 Lansing High School, Ithaca, NY |
Allison Love Graduation Year: 2016 Seneca Valley Sr. High School, Cranberry Twp, PA |
Gregory Kulchyckyj Graduation Year: 2015 Kyiv International School, Cinnaminson, NJ |
Lauren Maunus Graduation Year: 2015 South Forth High School, Palm City, FL |
Akshay Malhotra Graduation Year: 2016 St. Mark’s School of Texas, Lewisville, TX |
Hannah Burford Graduation Year: 2015 Thetford Academy, East Thetford, VT |
Ryan Moore Graduation Year: 2015 Notre Dame High School, Riverside, CA |
Alexandra Marlette Graduation Year: 2016 Parkview High School, Lilburn, GA |
Nadyah Hilmi Graduation Year: 2015 C. Milton Wright High School, Bel Air, MD |
Jordan Salama Graduation Year: 2015 Pelham Memorial High School, Pelham, NY |
Beatriz Perez-Najera Graduation Year: 2016 Hood River Valley High School, Hood River, OR |
Kylie Kuhns Graduation Year: 2015 Mifflinburg Area High School, Mifflinburg, PA |
Lisa Sobajian Graduation Year: 2015 Venice High School, Los Angeles, CA |
Shiva Nathan Graduation Year: 2016 Westford Academy, Westford, MA |