GREAT FALLS CONNECTION NEWSPAPER
09/18/2017
"The Great Falls Friends and Neighbors Club awarded six scholarships to local women attending George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community College during its 2017-18 Kickoff Luncheon on Friday, Sept. 15.
In 2016, the GFFN Scholarship Fund, Inc. established two $25,000 endowments, one at GMU and one at NVCC. For the 2017-18 academic year, a total of $8,500 was awarded to the six students: $1,000 for one Bette Carter Dance Award recipient from GMU; $1,500 each for three general scholarship recipients from GMU; and $1,500 each for two general scholarship for NVCC students.
The women who make up the club have a long history of helping other women in their community pay for college coursework."
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