Youth Scholarship
Past Year's Winners!
Congratulations to our 2007 HRFA Scholarship Recipients!
| Nicholas Haftek | Lakeland Regional HS | $3,000.00 |
| Dylan Hawkins | Leonia HS | $2,000.00 |
| Christina Crismale | Bergen Tech Teterboro | $2,000.00 |
| Marika Wood | HC Tech No. Bergen | $2,000.00 |
| Lauren Perwas | Mahwah HS | $2,000.00 |
| John Butterfield | Mahwah HS | $1,000.00 |
| Veronica Cavera | Dumont HS | $1,000.00 |
| Vanessa Hennig Roshong | Dumont HS | $1,000.00 |
| James Bradford | Ocean Twn HS Monmouth | $1,000.00 |
| Benjamine Gomez | HC Tech HS Jersey City | $1,000.00 |
| Bianca Alves, | Lyndhurst High School | $1,000.00 |
| Anthony Bunero, | Manchester Township High School | $1,000.00 |
| Teresa Mbagaya, | Mahwah High School | $1,000.00 |
| Shelly Perez | Englewood High School | $1,000.00 |
Congratulations to our 2006 Winners!
$4000 Winners
Bianca Alves, Lyndhurst High School
Anthony Bunero, Manchester Township High School
Teresa Mbagaya, Mahwah High School
Shelly Perez, Academies @ Englewood
$1000 Winners
Brittany Barbarise, River Dell High School
Carlos Cruz,
Mahwah High
School
Christian Sanchez, Dumont High School
Allison Warren, Garfield High School
Mi Hyun Yoon, Northern Valley R.H.S. at
Demarest
2005
The Hudson River Fishermen's Association awarded the following grant
money to selected high school senior studentsOne Student has received a $5,000.00 AwardThree Students have received $1,000.00 AwardsFour Students have received $500.00 Awards. |
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scholarship grants will be presented for 2005 to 8 Graduating High School
Seniors who meet the
criteria established by the Hudson River Fishermen’s Association. |
Congratulations to our winners for 2005!
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| 2005 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS DIVIDE $10,000 By Carl Bruger Thanks to benefactor Darren Cardinal the 2005 senior scholarship awards grew to a record $10,000 amount, up from the $8,000 given out in 2004. The student applicants provided excellent credentials, wrote impressive essays and generally left those in the position of judging with the opinion that this was a gifted and highly qualified group of recipients. Winning students were notified over the phone by Jim Campbell, past HRFA president and current chairman of the Scholarship Awards Committee. The checks were to be given out during ensuing days when students could juggle graduation schedules, photo opportunities, and HRFA representation at each presentation.
The winner of the top scholarship amount, $5,000, was William Haftec of
The next three highest scorers were the three $1,000 scholarship recipients.
Mathew Turner of
There were four graduating students who earned $500 to help them get started with
their four year college plans. Saini Pillai was the second Dumont H. S. girl in two years
to get an HRFA scholarship. Sara Pellegrini of Hillsdale and Pascack Valley H. S.
matriculated with the same reward for academic excellence. Another Mahwah resident,
Cassandra DePinto will depart from Mahwah’s graduation $500 richer and Vincent
Berlingeri of The Scholarship Committee hopes to further expand the monetary awards for 2006. One idea already well received is to offer a $2000 scholarship for a college freshman that can be renewed for the next three years if grades are maintained at a 3.0 level. This would make the monetary total finalize at a potential $8,000 total! It is obvious that the HRFA takes the education of our youth very seriously and is willing to back that philosophy with significant monetary support. Congratulations to all |
Haftec Letter 2005
| William
P. Haftek 973-962-6460 973-962-0178 (fax) N.J. Chapter ATTENTION: Scholarship Committee: Dear Scholarship Committee: I am much honored to be chosen by The Hudson River Fisherman’s Association as your scholarship recipient! I applied for countless scholarships so that I could afford to get a college education. You have helped fulfill my dream! I have been fishing since I was a little boy and never realized that I could hook into $5,000!!!! It meant the world to me, for your members, Mr. Glenn Blank and Mr. Darren Cardinal, attend my high school Senior Awards Night to personally present the Scholarship to me in the presence of my family, friends, teachers, and administration. I was very proud! While completing high school, I am also
currently attending the
Thank you again for acknowledging my accomplishments in such a generous way! I am proud to be representing your fine
organization. Yes, I would absolutely love to
come fishing with you! As promised, I will
certainly help out other kids throughout my life, as you have helped me!
With Gratitude, Willy Haftek, Scholarship Recipient cc: Mr. Glenn Blank and Mr. Darren Cardinal ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Follow up letter
William P. Haftek 201-341-9677 973-962-0178 (fax) N.J. Chapter ATTENTION: Captain Glenn Blank and Scholarship Committee Dear Scholarship Committee:
I wanted to take this opportunity to again thank The Hudson River Fisherman’s
Association for presenting me with your $5,000.00 scholarship! Without your help and a few other
scholarships that I received, I would not have been able to afford college. I am finishing up my first year at College has been quite a challenge for me as
my high school sweetheart passed away suddenly after I was only at college for a week. Needless to say, I was devastated and could barely
get the strength I needed to go on, but I did. You
invested your scholarship in me and I had to go on. During
my first semester, I was also commuting 5 hours round trip twice a week to complete my
Firefighter Course that I had begun while I was still in high school. Happily, I graduated as a Firefighter from the I can’t tell you how much it meant for me to see your organization represented at the Hunting and Fishing Expo in Suffern a few weeks ago! Enclosed you will find a DVD clip of my high school Senior Awards Night where Mr. Glenn Blank and Mr. Darren Cardinal presented me with your scholarship. I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I did! I should be home from college in early May. Hopefully, it won’t be too late to go striper
fishing with you on the
With Gratitude,
Willy
Willy Haftek, 2005 Scholarship Recipient |
2004 Winners of our Scholarship
Congratulations to our 2004 Winners!
| Jane Yum Franklin Lakes High School |
Joanna Slusarz Wallington High School |
Katie Slattery Dumont High School |
Emily Meine Dwight Englewood High School |
| $5,000.00 | $1,000.00 | $1,000.00 | $1,000.00 |
2003 Scholarship Winner Click Here!
$5000.00 Winner 2004 Jane Yum
Congratulations to the HRFA $5,000.00 Scholarship Award Winner! Jane Yum Franklin Lakes High School
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Congratulations to the HRFA $1,000.00 Scholarship Award Winner! Joanna Slusarz Wallington High School |
$1,000.00 Winner Katie Slattery
Congratulations to the HRFA $1,000.00 Scholarship Award Winner! Katie Slattery Dumont High School
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| Congratulations to the HRFA $1,000.00 Scholarship Award Winner! Emily Meine Dwight Englewood High School
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Susan Meredith Yousif from Bayonne, NJ.
Our 2003 winner of the HRFA $5,000.00 Scholarship!
HRFANJ President Jim Campbell, Susan Yousif and HRFA member Darren Cardinal at the awards presentation of the HRFA NJ Scholarship |