The Customers of Cooper's and State Street Scholarship 

We extend our heartfelt thanks to the customers of Cooper's Corner and State St. Fruit Store for your donations to Northampton Dollars for Scholars (NDFS). For over a year, our fellow board member, Rich Cooper, has had donation cans by the cash registers at his shops. Customers have donated spare change, dollar bills, and the occasional $5, $10 or $20 bill to NDFS. Over the months, these small (and not so small) anonymous donations have grown to a large enough amount to fund the new $1,000 Customers of Cooper's and State Street Scholarship.

This show of community support is exactly what the founder of Dollars for Scholars, Dr. Irving Fradkin, had envisioned in 1958 when he proposed that if everyone in his community of Fall River, MA donated $1, there would be enough money to provide scholarships to every student in town.  

As part of our mission to be "the community behind the students," NDFS awards a scholarship to every student who completes the application process. These scholarships are available to students who live in Northampton, Florence or Leeds regardless of what high school they attend. Students can also apply each year they are in a post-secondary institution, including trade programs, for a maximum of four years. We encourage eligible students to apply for an award when the application season begins in January of each year. 

We at NDFS want our donors, the community behind the students, to know how deeply grateful we are for your support.

 

 

Northampton Dollars for Scholars

P.O. Box 60382, Florence, MA 01062-0382

northamptondollarsforscholars@gmail.com