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Emma Nicholson awarded $1,000 scholarship

| 15 Jul 2013 | 12:03
    Emma Nicholson, a graduate of S.S. Seward Institute in Florida, was awarded the 2013 Ian Bennett/Situation Cares Memorial Scholarship.
    Emma Nicholson, a graduate of S.S. Seward Institute in Florida, was awarded the 2013 Ian Bennett/Situation Cares Memorial Scholarship.
    Ian Bennett died at the age of 26 in 2007. He was a musician and artist. Through the fund created by his co-workers, friends and family, "a high school student who shares Ianís ability to take artistic risk is awarded a scholarship to help support their passion through higher education.î
    Ian Bennett died at the age of 26 in 2007. He was a musician and artist. Through the fund created by his co-workers, friends and family, "a high school student who shares Ianís ability to take artistic risk is awarded a scholarship to help support their passion through higher education.î

FLORIDA — Emma Nicholson, a 2013 graduate of S.S. Seward Institute in Florida , has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Ian Bennett/Situation Cares Memorial Scholarship Fund, a charitable fund administered through the Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan.

The Scholarship fund was created by the co-workers, friends and family of Ian Bennett who lost his life in a pedestrian accident on April 15, 2007, at the age of 26.

According to Situation Cares in New York City where Ian Bennett worked, and the organization that led the charge to create this memorial fund, “Ian was a rock star, revolutionary in everything he did. He was a musician, an artist and an overall incredible creative genius. He made music with passion and created web sites and experiences online that have set the benchmark of excellence for those that will follow.

“But, most importantly, he was simply an amazing person that you always wanted to have around and is sorely missed,” the organization said in its press release announcing the award. “Through this fund, each year a high school student who shares Ian’s ability to take artistic risk is awarded a scholarship to help support their passion through higher education.”

This scholarship is awarded to just one graduating high school student annually from among all graduating seniors attending public, private, or parochial schools in Orange County. The student must demonstrate a passion for the arts, in the form of design, music and/or performing arts.

Recipients were selected based on the submission of three examples of their artwork and a three-page essay explaining how they have demonstrated a desire for success in both their personal and academic lives.

For more information about this scholarship as well as others overseen by the Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan, visit online at cfoc-ny.org or call 845-769-9393.