BRATTLEBORO — VFW Post 1034 invites qualifying 2016 graduating seniors to apply for the Leroy Dessaint and Angelina Buccossi Dessaint Scholarship.
The scholarship committee will award $1,000 to the winning applicant on completion of the first semester at college, according to Douglas MacMurtry, who manages the scholarship.
Applicants must be descendants of a VFW 1034 member, living or deceased. They must attend a Brattleboro-area high school or live in the region if home-schooled.
The scholarship was established in 2003 by Angelina Dessaint, whose husband Leroy died in 1999.
According to MacMurtry, her husband was one of seven brothers who served in World War II. One brother, Carl, died in the war, and the VFW post is named in his memory.
In 2015 the committee was able to award the $1,000 scholarship to two graduates.
The application form, including high-school transcript and two letters of recommendation from members of the school staff with knowledge of the student's high school years, should be submitted by mid-May.
For further information, or to request the form, call the Post at 802-257-0438.