Press Release

The GO Fund Awards First Scholarships

The GO Fund Committee is pleased to announce the awarding of five GO Fund scholarships. Sheli Chabon, Kaila Joy, Ruari Layton, Bonnie McGarrity, and Rebecca Weinstein are the first five recipients of The GO Fund scholarships.

Sheli Chabon,
daughter of Anne Rabinowitz and Donald Chabon and student at Monument Mountain Regional High School, has received a scholarship for her WISE project at school. She will use the award to purchase framing materials for her works of art.
Kaila Joy,
daughter of Kenneth and Lana Joy and student at Monument Valley Regional Middle School, has received a scholarship so that she can attend the People to People Student Ambassador Program in Australia in July 2006.
Ruari Layton,
son of Kathleen Layton and student at Monument Mountain Regional High School, has received a scholarship for his WISE project at school. He will create a set of Highland Bagpipes.
Bonnie McGarrity,
daughter of Karran Larson and a student at Monument Regional High School, has received a scholarship so that she can attend a Leadership Conference in Washington D.C. in March 2006.
Rebecca Weinstein,
daughter of Randy Weinstein and student at Mount Everett Regional High School, has received a scholarship towards her trip to Africa. She will travel to Ghana to learn more about W. E. B. Du Bois in January. She plans on gathering information and artifacts to share with both the Du Bois center in Great Barrington and Mount Everett.

The GO Fund, the Growth and Opportunity Fund, was established in 2005 by the Southern Berkshire Youth Association to support youth with limited resources who participate in experiences that enrich their passage to adulthood and strengthen both their lives and the life of our community. Youth applicants must be under 20 years old. They must either live in the areas served by Berkshire Hills Regional School District or Southern Berkshire Regional School District or attend those schools. The GO Fund focuses on unique needs and ventures and will partially fund opportunities where other contributions from the applicant, family, friends, or work have been provided or procured.

Applications are due twice each year. Once on March 30th and again on October 31st. Applications are available at local schools, Berkshire South Regional Community Center, Railroad Street Youth Project, and can be downloaded from www.thegofund.org. For more information, you may contact The GO Fund.

Updated on: March 20th, 2008