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Les Forkes Scholarship 2023 Recipients

Jan 12, 2024

This marks the second year of this award, created in honour of a former District 20 President and long-time Kingston educator, Les Forkes. The awards winners’ were presented with their $1000 cheques at the sites where they completed their volunteer work. Three awards were presented this year to mark the District 20’s Golden Year. Lorraine Kenney,  Awards Chair

Jillian Shezza, Napanee District Secondary School, volunteered in the Convalescent Unit at the L&A County Hospital after completing the Hospice Care Provider Programme, and will continue her studies at St. Lawrence College in the Practical Nursing Program.

Mathilde Ducharme-Gauthier, Ecole Secondaire Mille-Iles, volunteered at Providence Care Hospital and will further her education in the Pre-Health programme at Algonquin College.

 

Read about the first scholarship winners from 2022 here:  https://district20.rtoero.ca/les-forkes-schol…-2022-recipients/ ‎