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Scholarships

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Click on a county in the map below to see the college scholarships available to students in that area. Scholarships are available outside of the eight-county area and for high school or summer programs.

Palmyra-Macedon High School graduates may quickly learn if your Bullis Family Scholarship application has been processed.

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Thanks to generous donors, the Community Foundation administers more than 100 different scholarship funds to help students further their education. During our 2010-11 fiscal year, $565,173 was awarded from our scholarship funds to help students reach their academic goals.

Hear from a recent graduate of Rush-Henrietta High School  who understands the importance of applying for scholarships.

The Community Foundation’s scholarships focus on the region surrounding the greater Rochester area. Many of the scholarships we offer have very specific requirements established by the people or organizations that created them, while others are more general interest.

Find out the story behind the  Lorraine Halsch Memorial Scholarship by hearing from the husband of this young wife and mother who died December 21, 1988 when a bomb exploded on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland killing all on board.

Lori Banning  

Contact Lori Banning at (585) 341-4357 or lbanning@racf.org
to find out more about scholarship funds.

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Scholarship Stories

Hear from scholarship recipient Julius Peterson  about why it's important to apply for scholarships.

It's worth your while to apply for scholarships, says scholarship recipient  Allyson DiMagno.

Joseph McClaney received a scholarship that sent him on a trip to China. 

Documents to Share

Below are scholarship-related documents for school guidance counselors or staff, community organization representatives or scholarship selection committee members. These documents can be reprinted for distribution.

2012 Scholarship Information Pamphlet.pdf 

2012 College in Your Future poster.pdf 

2012 Got Into My No. 1 College poster.pdf 

2012 I Scored a Scholarship poster.pdf 

2012 Long Shot poster.pdf 

2012 Recipient Notification Form.pdf