Despite difficult times, large numbers of Great Neck students are about to enter college without sufficient finances. The Great Neck Student Aid Fund is seeking to help them through its annual community drive to assist the neediest area students with their first year of college.
The Student Aid Fund has just sent a mailing to all Great Neck residents asking for their financial support.
“Because we are an all-volunteer organization, every dollar we receive is directed to our students,” said Student Aid Fund President Elise Kestenbaum. “In order to continue helping these students, we are asking everyone to consider a donation to the Great Neck Student Aid Fund at this time so that our local students can continue their education. Even a small contribution can truly have an impact on a student’s life.”
Great Neck students receiving financial support go through an extensive screening process to establish need. Whether they attend public or private schools, the Student Aid Fund provides financial assistance to help them with the ever-increasing cost of the first year of college or vocational school.
“Our awards enable many graduating seniors to be the first in their families to attend college and also reduces the financial burden for the student during this first critical year of school,” she said.
The Student Aid Fund has been providing need-based college scholarships to Great Neck students for more than 85 years through an objective and confidential screening process.
“We are living in difficult and uncertain times right now, and this is especially true for young people looking at the prospect of planning for college and trying to navigate the complicated waters of paying for their education,” according to Candy Gould, vice president of the organization.
She urged the community to come to the assistance of area students by sending a contribution of any size to the Great Neck Student Aid Fund, Inc., P.O. Box 1067, Great Neck, NY 11023-1067. Contribution, which will be acknowledged, can be made in honor of or in memory of individuals or groups.
