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For Immediate Release For more information please contact: Thecla Colon, Executive Director (212) 696-4590
P R E S S R E L E A S E
$29,000 Awarded in Scholarships by the Cyprus Children's Fund
New York – Savas C. Tsivicos, National Chairman and President of the Cyprus Children's Fund and Charles Anastasiou, Chairman of the Makarios Scholarship/Theodore & Wally Lappas Awards, and the members of the scholarship Committees declare the following students as the 2009 Scholarship Award recipients for a total sum of $29,000. The major award of the Cyprus Children's Fund is the Makarios Scholarship/Theodore & Wally Lappas Award which was created in 1983 by the great benefactors of the Cypriot children, the late Theodore & Wally Lappas, continued with great fervor by their daughter, Alexandra Lappas until her recent death.
MAKARIOS SCHOLARSHIP/THEODORE & WALLY LAPPAS AWARDS Charles Anastasiou , Chairperson of the Makarios Scholarship/Theodore and Wally Lappas Awards announces the following students as the 2009 recipients for a total amount of $12,000.
Yiolanda Sofiali pursuing post graduate studies in Marriage and Family Therapy with the Nova Southeastern University of Fort Lauderdale, FL Angeliki Lambrou, a graduate student of Harvard University School of Public Health, Boston , Ma. Petros Christofides graduate student at Columbia University , New York , pursuing a Master of Science in Actuarial Science.
MAKARIOS SCHOLARSHIP/ Peter G. and Bess Kolantis Decker $1,500
Androula Pericleous, undergraduate student at Rutgers University , New Jersey .
MAKARIOS SCHOLARSHIP/ Thomas and Elaine Kyrus Endowment $1,500
Katina Joelle Stevenson, undergraduate student at James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA.
CYPRUS CHILDREN'S FUND MICHAEL AND DESPINA ANASTASIOU AWARDS
The Cyprus Children's Fund /Michael and Despina Anastasiou Awards for a total of $6,000 are awarded to : Eleonora Antoniou, an undergraduate student with the University of South Florida .
Paraskevas Xenophontos – undergraduate studies at Stony Brook State University of New York with major in Biomedical Engineering.
Katherine Landry undergraduate studies at St. John's University , Queens , New York majoring in English.
CYPRUS CHILDREN'S FUND SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT AWARDSSavas C. Tsivicos, Chairman of the Cyprus Children's Fund Scholarship Endowment announces that a total amount of $8,000 will be awarded to:
Veronica Nicole Georgiades, undergraduate studies at St. John's University , Queens , New York . John Zinonos, undergraduate studies at Hunter College of the City University of New York , undergraduate studies in English.
Gregory Melissinos, undergraduate student at Fordham University of New York, NY majoring in Psychology (award presented in memory of Anastasia Hill.)
Irene Zeniou a student at Hunter College of the City University of New York , undergraduate studies in English literature
The 2010 scholarship applications will be available to students of Greek and Greek Cypriot origin who are citizens of the United States , Greece and Cyprus and can be obtained from the Cyprus Children's Fund. Eligible students must be currently enrolled or will be enrolled in September 2010 on a full-time basis in a U.S. accredited College or University. Deadline for application submission for all awards is April 30, 2010. Applications are available on the Organization's web: Cyprus-childrensfund.org., or by written request at: Cyprus Children's Fund 13 E. 40th Street New York , NY 10016 , USA Tel: 212/696-4590 Fax: 212/532-9640 June 30, 2009
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