Chris A. Luppold, CPA, Accounting Scholarship Fund
The purpose of the Chris A. Luppold, CPA, Accounting Scholarship Fund is to provide scholarships to Reading High School seniors who are pursuing a career in accounting. The student will be selected based on academic and extracurricular accomplishments, not financial need. The recipient shall be a better-than-average student academically, achieving at least a B average. The scholarship recipient shall be someone who is active in school and community activities. He or she should be accepted at a 4-year college or university and will be an accounting major or a business major with a concentration in accounting. The student’s goal should be to become a CPA, either for work in public accounting or industry.
Masano Family Scholarship Fund
The purpose of the Masano Family Scholarship Fund is to provide scholarships to graduates of Reading High School who will be furthering their education at a college, university, vocational or technical school. Selected students must have been active participants in student council and/or student government in their senior year of high school, with a preference to those who have participated in student council and/or student government more than just their senior year. The recipients need not have been the best academic students in high school. The fund is seeking those students who are more likely to succeed and shine during their post-secondary education.
Elizabeth Martelli Scholarship Fund
Elizabeth Martelli was a 2001 graduate of Reading High School and a student at Kutztown University when she passed away in an automobile accident in March 2008. Elizabeth had a talent and a passion for writing. This fund was established in 2008 in memory of Elizabeth by her family and friends to recognize others who share the same talent and passion for writing.
The purpose of the fund is to provide an annual scholarship to a Reading High School senior who has demonstrated a talent and passion for writing and who will be furthering his or her education after high school.
Reading High School Scholarship Fund
A scholarship will be awarded to a Reading High School graduating senior who demonstrates the potential to exceed in college, is not receiving other substantial scholarships, has a financial need, and will be attending a two or four-year college, university or trade school.
No application is needed. This scholarship is awarded by a committee at Reading High School, with consideration given to all Reading High School seniors.
Linda Schrufer–Whitey Miller Scholarship Fund
The Linda Schrufer – Whitey Miller Scholarship Fund honors the memory of Linda and Whitey.
Linda Schrufer was born and raised in Reading. She graduated from Reading High School and from Penn State University. She was a dedicated elementary school teacher in Connecticut and a reading specialist at St. Peter’s School in Reading for many years. She and her husband, Bill, spent their winters at their Key West home for many years. Linda was very active in her community, both here and in Key West. Linda had a lifelong interest in education.
Whitey Miller was born and raised in Reading. He graduated from Reading High School. He became a civil engineer and worked for the Reading Airport, but he spent most of his engineering career as Chief Engineer for Windsor Service, Inc., a local paving and road construction firm. Whitey and his wife, Helen, were world travelers.
The purpose of the fund is to provide renewable scholarships to high school seniors at Reading High School who will continue their education at a four-year college or university in the field of engineering. Applicants must be in the top 25% of their graduating class at Reading High School, with a preference for students who have participated on one or more Reading High School athletic teams in their junior and senior years.
Third Ward Democratic Scholarship Fund in Memory of Kenneth C. Mock
This fund was established to provide annual awards to one or more well-rounded students at Southern Middle School in Reading. The fund was named in memory of Kenneth C. Mock, who was a member and past president of the Reading School Board and was employed by the district for 20 years.
Recipients of The Third Ward Democratic Scholarship Fund are selected by a committee at Southern Middle School.
John Rich Curran Memorial Scholarship Fund
This scholarship fund was established in 2005 by the family and friends of John Rich Curran to recognize outstanding graduating seniors from Schuylkill County high schools. John was born in Pottsville in 1955. He was a graduate of Boston University and Antiioch School of Law in Washington, D.C. John planned to work as a public defender in Pennsylvania in an effort to help those who were less fortunate than he was. But this was not to be. Six weeks after his admission to the Pennsylvania Bar, he was in an automobile accident that took his life. According to his family, John valued life and all of its possibilities. Were he alive today, he would encourage young people to take risks in life and not always do the safe or easy thing, but to do what you think is right. He used his education to be a better person and make informed decisions. He would encourage the recipients of this scholarship to do all they can to make their corner of the world a better place.
The fund will provide multi-year scholarships to current seniors graduating from Schuylkill County high schools. Applicants must have a financial need and intend to be furthering their education after high school in a four-year program at a four-year college or university. Applicants must have a cumulative B average (3.0) or better in high school in order to apply. This scholarship will be available to the students at a select group of the 13 schools each year, on a rotating basis. The rotation of eligible schools will be as follows:
2023/2026/2029: Pine Grove Area, Schuylkill Haven, Tamaqua Area, Williams Valley, Marian
2024/2027/2030: Blue Mountain, Mahanoy Area, North Schuylkill, Nativity B.V.M.
2025/2028/2031: Minersville Area, Pottsville Area, Shenandoah Valley, Tri-Valley
This process will repeat in that order on an ongoing basis.
Robert Welliver Memorial Fund
Grants support camperships, repairs and maintenance at the Pennsylvania Beacon Lodge Camp for children and adults with special needs.
Penny Jar Fund
Grants from the Penny Jar Fund support the non-tuition-related needs of college students who have an unexpected financial crisis.
The Penny Jar Fund was created by Dorothy Lehman Hoerr in memory of her father, who always saved his pennies in glass jars. In Dorothy’s junior year of college, her father was out of work with a back injury. After tuition was paid, little money was left for books. The 12 jars of pennies he gave her paid for her books that semester. Today, the Penny Jar Fund honors Earl Lehman by providing emergency assistance to students in financial crisis.
The purpose of the fund is to provide non-tuition-related financial assistance to students enrolled in a college located in Berks County, Pennsylvania, who have encountered an unexpected financial crisis as a result of an unplanned turn of events. This is available to currently-enrolled undergraduate students. Students who have not yet graduated from high school are not eligible to apply. Graduate students are not eligible to apply.
Grants from the fund are primarily for living expenses, professional testing fees, books, childcare, transportation, uniforms, and other emergency needs. The fund will not support tuition expenses.
Berks County Association of School Retirees Scholarship and Mini-Grant Fund
This fund provides teacher mini-grants for classroom projects and an annual scholarship to a Berks County public high school senior who will major in education.
