Scholarships Given to Kids of First Responders

Twenty-five high school seniors who have parents serving as first responders were awarded scholarships recently by the 200 Club of Morris County.

Since 1982, children of police, fire and emergency medical services providers have been awarded scholarships to help buffer the cost of higher education, according to Doug Fenichel of APR.

“Our police officers, firefighters and EMS responders put their lives on the line every day,” said 200 Club president Jack C. Van Orden Jr. at the awards dinner. “These are not jobs that are going to make anybody rich. In fact, many firefighters and EMTs are volunteers. Helping them meet the financial challenge of educating their children is one way of saying thank you.”

The following high school students were awarded:

• Alyssa Mae Abrusci, Roxbury High School
• Juliana Fulton Balluffi-Fry, Mountain Lakes High School
• Emily Aurora Boyle, Pompton Lakes High School
• Zachery Connor Chaves, Morris Knolls High School
• Lyndsay Marie Clark, Parsippany High School
• Margaret Anne Crann, North Warren Regional High School
• Christopher Pearson Eggermann, Chatham High School
• Danielle Maria Fowler, Ramsey High School
• Robert Matthew Gaugler, North Warren Regional High School
• Amanda Guth, Warren Hills High School
• Erin Elizabeth Hackett, DePaul Catholic High School
• Daniella Antoinette Howell, Jefferson Township High School
• Jonathan David Kelly, Whippany Park High School
• Timothy Michael Kelly, Whippany Park High School
• Sarah Julia Lamb, Chatham High School
• Ethan Lare, West Morris Central High School
• Heather Jeanne Marra, Jefferson Township High School
• Carissa Elizabeth McQuade, Phillipsburg High School
• Brian James O'Neill, Morris Knolls High School
• Sarah Qiugui O'Neill, Morris Hills High School
• Jordan Martin Phelan, Chatham High School
• Nayna Rani Shah, Morristown High School
• Natasha Kaur Sidhu, West Morris Mendham High School
• Tyler Edward Wendt, Morris Catholic High School
• Timothy Christian Worts, Morristown-Beard High School

Six of those students – Chaves, Guth, Jonathan David Kelly, Timothy Michael Kelly, and Worts – also received an additional $500 from GlaxoSmithKline to put toward textbooks. Wendt received a $1,000 Eisenberg Achievement Award, which recognizes exemplary community service, Fenichel said