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CMC Scholarship applications available Feb. 1st
Submitted by Barry H. Jaruzelski
The College Men’s Club of Westfield (CMC) held its annual holiday reception at Echo Lake Country Club on December 20th, to honor its current four-year scholarship recipients. Also in attendance were the scholar’s families, members of the CMC, and the CMC Board of Trustees.
During this final event of the CMC’s 101st year, all the scholarship winners from WHS classes of 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 were introduced by Ryan Clark, CMC Scholarship Committee Chair and presented with their Spring Semester scholarship checks. Each of the students in attendance shared updates on their academic and career progress with the group. Dave Germond, CMC President, stated that “the holiday reception is the capstone of each year for the CMC as we get to learn about our twelve CMC Scholars’ latest achievements.”
The College Men’s Club of Westfield was established in 1922 and over the past century has helped hundreds of Westfield young men by providing college tuition assistance and funding standardized test preparatory courses. Since its founding, the CMC has raised and distributed over $1.3 million in higher education assistance to young men of the Westfield community to attend over 130 institutions of higher learning. In 2023 the CMC awarded a total of $74,500 in four-year scholarships and one-time grants.
Scholarship applications will be available on the CMC’s website as of February 1st and are due by May 1st of each year. Applications are evaluated by a committee of CMC Trustees each Spring. Funds for scholarships are generated through fundraising events, donations, membership dues, endowment investment income, and legacy bequests. The CMC’s next major event is its 21st annual “Friday Night at the Fights” fundraiser at 6:30 pm on February 2nd and will be held at the Kenilworth Veteran’s Center.
To learn more about the College Men’s Club of Westfield, please go to cmcwestfield.org.
