It's scholarship application season at the Hampton Roads Community Foundation. This year the Hampton Roads Community Foundation is delighted to offer eight new scholarship funds to help students from southeastern Virginia attend college. Here is the story of one of our newest funds:
Rita Horvatic couldn't let her only son die.That's
why the Virginia Beach, Virginia mother and her late husband Tom started
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giving scholarships in
1987. That was the year their only son Tommy -- the baby in their family of six --
would have graduated from Princess Anne High School.
After a 1986 car accident at the start of Tommy's senior year took his life, his family started collecting and recycling aluminum to earn money for scholarships in Tommy's name. Since 1987 the Horvatics have given $25,000 on their own to 25 Princess Anne graduates going on to college.
After a 1986 car accident at the start of Tommy's senior year took his life, his family started collecting and recycling aluminum to earn money for scholarships in Tommy's name. Since 1987 the Horvatics have given $25,000 on their own to 25 Princess Anne graduates going on to college.
In 2013
Tommy's mom made sure her son's legacy will continue forever.
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| Tommy Horvatic in 1986. |
She donated
$100,000 to create the permanent Tommy Horvatic Memorial Scholarship Fund at the
Hampton Roads Community Foundation.
Much of her charitable donation came from money earned
by recycling aluminum.
Please take three minutes out of your busy day to let Rita Horvatic of Virginia Beach and her daughter Anne Horvatic Christie of Norfolk tell you in this video about Tommy and his scholarship legacy.
Please take three minutes out of your busy day to let Rita Horvatic of Virginia Beach and her daughter Anne Horvatic Christie of Norfolk tell you in this video about Tommy and his scholarship legacy.
The new Tommy Horvatic Memorial Scholarship
Fund is among more than 70 endowed scholarship funds administered by the
community foundation. In 2013, 358 students are in college with help from $1
million in scholarships donated by people from all walks of
life.
Applications are now available for the Horvatic Scholarship and the many others available for
2014-15. Scholarships were created by generous donors from all walks of life -- primarily for students from southeastern Virginia. The deadline to apply for most scholarships is February 28, 2014. Learn more.
