COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
Each year, the Club awards college scholarships to deserving Club members. To receive scholarships, students must complete a rigorous application process, including a formal interview with the scholarship committee. In addition to funding for vocational education, recipients of college scholarships have gone on to a broad range of colleges and universities, including Amherst College, New York University, Norwalk Community College, University of Connecticut, University of Pennsylvania, and Villanova University. Each recipient is required to fulfill volunteer hours at the Club during the summer and school breaks as a requirement for their award.
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$1,000,000 Scholarship Gift Announced in 2019Former Greenwich First Selectman Rebecca Breed, a longtime Club supporter who volunteered in many positions from board member to youth tutor, was honored as the 2019 Champion of Youth Award recipient. The Breed family made a historic $1 million gift to the Club in support of college scholarships for Club graduates. The gift will be distributed over ten years.
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College Scholarship Recipients
In 2023, the Club awarded $353,000 to 52 students who combined good grades with commitment to character development, volunteerism, and community leadership.
Three Club alumni received the prestigious Torch Award, which is given to rising college seniors with a minimum 3.0 GPA who represent the Club’s values: Brian Ceballos, who will graduate from Southern Connecticut State University next year with a degree in Psychology; Max Pisacreta, who will graduate from the University of Connecticut with a degree in Finance; and Sabrina Romaro, who will graduate from the University of Connecticut with a degree in Economics. All three students were awarded a $10,000 scholarship.
Special awards were given to Iona College senior, Pablo Vera, who received the Adalbert von Gontard Scholarship. Carlos Flores, a rising senior at Penn State University received the Rebecca S. Breed Scholarship. Both scholarships are named in honor of two founders of the Club’s scholarship program who left a bequest for this purpose.
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Endowed Scholarships
Marvin B. Berenblum Scholarship
Rebecca S. Breed Scholarship
Carol D. Browne Scholarship
Lillian Butler Davey Scholarship
Sally P. Lawrence Scholarship
Sukie McFadden Scholarship
Don Palmer, Jr. Scholarship
James Starcher Scholarship
Rowena Lee Teagle Scholarship
William Croft Wilson Scholarship
Adalbert von Gontard Scholarship
For more information, email Ryan Accurso, Teen Coordinator, at Scholarships@bgcg.org or (203) 869-3224 Ext 111.
