The Batemans Bay Youth Foundation has helped make the transition from high school to university easier for 10 local students thanks to a series of grants awarded on February 3.
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Each students received $3,500 from the youth foundation at a special presentation function at the Batemans Bay Soldiers Club attended by 80 guests and family members.
The students receiving the grants are Kai Crosby (Information Technology, ANU), Sinead Edwards (Science, UONSW), Declan Holmes (Advanced Science, ANU), Xander Hurley (Sports and Exercise Science, UOC), Damia O'Loughlin (Music, Con Music), Leila Patyus (Marine Science, James Cook), Rachel Pollard (Cert IV Lab Technician, CIT), Cate Shea (International Relations, ANU), Joshua Vanzetti (Engineering, ANU), and Taylah Wright (Occupational Therapy, UOC).
Each student gave a speech on the night outlining their tertiary education plans, their accommodation plans, and how the grant would be used to support that.
Two excellence prizes were also presented. Each prize of $1000 is paid for excellent scholastic performance in the first year of University, restricted to grantees of the previous year.
The Humanities prize will be awarded to Emily Dickinson, studying for a Bachelor of Primary Education at the University of Canberra, who achieved three high distinctions, three distinctions and two credits in her first year.
The Science prize will be awarded to Jade Briggs who is studying Engineering, at the University of Wollongong, who achieved five high distinctions and four distinctions in his first year.
The BBYF was established in 1994 for the purpose of providing financial assistance to students leaving high school to pursue personal development and advancement in an unlimited range of worthwhile fields of endeavour.
Since 1994 the Foundation has given Grants to 239 students, worth a total value of $749,000. Every cent was locally raised, privately donated, or as part of a bequest.
