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Home Builder Association to award scholarships

The Home Builders Association of Western Massachusetts (HBA-WM) will hold their annual Scholarship Awards Ceremony on June 13 at the Home Builders Association in Springfield to formally recognize the achievements of nine Member Scholarship Program recipients, eight Vocational Scholarship/Tool Acquisition Award recipients, and two Vocational Scholarship recipients.

To have been eligible for the $1000 HBA-WM Member Scholarship Program, the applicant had to be affiliated with a member or the employee of a member company. The association also awarded area trade and vocational high school students $500 cash scholarships or tool acquisition awards to further their careers in the building industry.

The association issued a request to each of the thirteen schools in their service area of Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin and Berkshire counties to recommend an exemplary student to receive one of these awards. The Association offered vocational school students the option to receive a $1000 scholarship to the college of their choice. Any vocational student in the thirteen area trade schools could apply and compete for this scholarship. Since the inception of these programs, the association has awarded $263,000 to deserving students.

Th 19 individuals selected as the 2007 HBA-WM scholarship recipients include: Michael Beiermeister, son of Nancy Beiermeister of South Hadley, who will attend Springfield Technical Community College; Matthew Boilard, son of Lise and Michael Boilard of Wilbraham, who will attend Bentley College; Shaun Bush, son of Christine and Ray Bush of Pittsfield, who will attend Wentworth Institute of Technology; Philip Cordello, son of Lisa Fusco of Brimfield, who is employed by Hillview Construction and Sitework; Spencer Descavich, son of Colleen and Dale Descavich of Greenfield, who will attend Greenfield Community College; Anthony Dottavio, son of Wendy and Michael Dottavio of Pittsfield, who is employed by T & J General Contractors; Justin Fellows, son of Vicki Fellows of Erving, who is employed by Freight House Antiques; Kyle Filipe, son of Maureen and Antonio Filipe of Ludlow, who attends Northeastern University; Brittagne Haley, daughter of Kristi and Kevin Haley of Monson, who attends Western New England College; Kelsey Johnson, daughter of Pamela and William Johnson of East Longmeadow, who will attend Quinnipiac University; Christopher Knox, son of Valerie and Glennford Knox of Hillsdale, who attends Clarkson University; Alexander Lipinsky, son of Edward Lipinski, Jr. of Chicopee, who will attend Westfield State College; Susan Mirkin, daughter of Nancy and Francis Mirkin of Longmeadow, who will attend the University of Miami; Paige Pluta, daughter of Petra and Gerald Pluta of Gilbertville, who attends Bentley College; Molly Porter, daughter of Kathleen Porter of Westfield, who will attend Roger Williams University; Samuel Sherman, son of Beverly Sherman of Monson, who is employed by Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School; Katie Silva, daughter of Mary and Thomas Silva of Wilbraham, who attends Smith College; Joshua Staples, son of Lisa and Jeff Staples of Southampton, who is employed by Marney Electric; and Jillian Strycharz, daughter of Carolyn and Joseph Strycharz of West Hatfield, who will attend Western New England College.

The Association applauds the achievements of these individuals and wishes them well in their future endeavors.