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Applications available for Farris Mitchell Scholarships

Applications available for Farris Mitchell Scholarships

Applications are now available for the 2014 Farris Mitchell Scholarships, awarded every spring to two seniors attending a Springfield high school who live in either public housing or have a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) unit subsidized by the Springfield Housing Authority.

Each scholarship is in the amount of $1,000, for a total of $2,000.

Scholarship2The scholarships, begun by Farris Mitchell’s family, are funded by the Springfield Housing Authority. Applications are available in guidance offices at all city high schools, by writing to Jimmie Mitchell, care of the Farris Mitchell Scholarship Committee, 186 Arcadia Boulevard, Springfield 01118, or by emailing him at jmitchell@shamass.org.

Commissioners and SHA Executive Director William H. Abrashkin have been strong supporters of the scholarship, named after a former public housing tenant who strongly believed in education, and who inspired many young people to stay in school.

The deadline to apply is May 1.

The scholarship, begun in 1995, was named after a man who lived for many years with his wife and 10 children at Riverview Apartments in the Brightwood section of the city. Farris Mitchell, who died in 1994, loved children, and instilled in his children and many others a desire to improve their future through education. All of his children finished high school and many went on to college.

The scholarship is administered by Farris Mitchell’s son Jimmie Mitchell, a retired Springfield educator. The recipient will be chosen by a the Farris Mitchell Scholarship Committee, which includes several SHA employees and one or more Mitchell family members.

Jimmie Mitchell is a retired Springfield educator who now works as youth engagement coordinator at the Springfield Housing Authority.

Last year’s recipients, High School of Commerce graduate Alisha K. Delissaint and Sabis International Charter School graduate Kevin White, are now freshmen at Westfield State University and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, respectively.

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