REGIONAL

PETERS OF NASHUA SCHOLARSHIPS

Peters of Nashua awarded more than $3,000 in scholarship and award money to seniors recently.

Peters held its first college scholarship contest, offering three prize levels ranging from $500-$1,500. Seniors living in New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts were asked to submit a 500-word essay about the person or teacher who most influenced their life.

Peters received 158 entries. Peters was so impressed with the quality of entries, it expanded the awards to include four honorable mentions.

The winners were:

FIRST: Alexa Karkhanis, Nashua High School North, $1,500 scholarship from Peters of Nashua. Karkhanis will attend James Madison University.

Karkanis’ essay topic was volunteer work she and a friend did in the oncology unit at St. Joseph Hospital. They designed a cart for the purpose of delivering items to patients that would make them smile. While the cart had only small items, such as hard candies, word games, lotions, reading materials and the like – the kindness of the gesture made huge impacts on the patients. Volunteering on an oncology unit wasn’t easy, and was full of challenges, but it was the kindness and strength of these seriously ill patients that affected Karkhanis’ life forever.

SECOND: Bo Gurskis, Goffstown High School, $1,000. Gurskis will attend Eckerd College.

THIRD: Kelly Gallagher, Newfound Regional High School, Bristol, $500. Gallagher will attend Northeastern University.

HONORABLE MENTION ($100 gift card): Jackie Keleher, Portsmouth Christian Academy at Dover; Kristen Erickson, Manchester Memorial High School; Robert Trujillo, Pembroke Academy; Kayla Cazares, Goffstown High School.

DUNKIN’ DONUTS SCHOLARSHIPS

New Hampshire Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants presented $30,000 in college scholarships to 11 New Hampshire students at an event on June 10 at the WMUR-TV studio in Manchester.

Among the recipients were Katherine D’Anthony, of Amherst, and Victoria Lorvig, of Lyndeborough.

REALTORS SCHOLARSHIPS

The Greater Manchester/Nashua Board of Realtors announced its 2014 scholarship recipients are Andrew Picard, of Litchfield, and Rachel Kirby, of Nashua.

Picard will attend Bryant University to study marketing. Kirby will attend Pennsylvania State University. Each was presented $1,000.

GMNBR scholarships are made possible by the GMNBR Community Service Committee fundraising efforts.

HOLLIS

JAKE KOBYLARZ

Jake Kobylarz was awarded a $2,000 scholarship by the Scholarships for Military Children Program. He is the son of Korina Kobylarz and Thomas Kobylarz. Kobylarz will attend Tulane University.

NOAM ESHED

Noam Eshed was awarded a National Merit Scholarship sponsored by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. Eshed’s probable career field is engineering.

EMMA E. NEWTON

Emma E. Newton was awarded a National Merit Scholarship sponsored by Tulane University in New Orleans. Newton’s probable career field is neuroscience.

HUDSON

DENISSA L. DEVARIE

Denissa L. Devarie, of Alvirne High School, was one of 10 students recently awarded a scholarship by the Greater Manchester Black Scholarship Foundation.

LITCHFIELD

REBECCA J. LANDRAU

Rebecca J. Landrau, a student at Campbell High School, was one of 10 students recently awarded a scholarship by the Greater Manchester Black Scholarship Foundation.

MILFORD

MILFORD MASONS SCHOLARSHIPS

Benevolent Lodge No. 7 Free and Accepted Masons of Milford announced the award of eight scholarships. Awarded $1,000 each were Spencer Welch, of Milford; Seth Cordts, Taylor Cordts and Lauren Cordts, of Amherst; Ben Kaufold, of Milford; Cara Weiner, of Peterborough; Jennifer Martz, of Temple; and Scott Jenckes, of New Durham.

Awards are made annually from the Denise J. Dunn, Kenneth and Tilda Maymon and Karry K. Draper, Arthur J. Carlson, Harry K. Draper, James Garvin, John P. Weston and Adolph Hinterleitner memorial funds and administered by the trustees of the trust funds of Benevolent Lodge No. 7.

Since 1980, $61,350 in scholarships has been awarded.

LESLIE A. DREW

Leslie A. Drew was awarded a National Merit Scholarship sponsored by the University of Vermont. Drew’s probable career field is education.

NEW BOSTON

HANNAH FRENCH

Hannah French, of New Boston, a senior at the Academy of Notre Dame in Tyngsborough, Mass., was selected as a recipient of the $1,000 Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship.

The scholarship recognizes students who exemplify the ideals of being involved in their schools and being catalysts for positive change in their communities, as well as serving as models for their fellow students.

French was nominated by guidance counselor Stacy Marsden.