CONGRATULATIONS to the 2022 Sadie Rose Argus Scholarship Winners:

Maine West High School:  Lena Perry

Maine East High School: Prem Shah, Lukasz Iwanowski, Zeel Mody

Elk Grove High School: Maryjo Coleman

DPCF Awarded Four $1,500 Scholarships for College Bound Students

The Des Plaines Community Foundation awarded four $1,500
scholarships to 2019 Des Plaines college bound students. This is the
seventh year the Foundation has offered scholarships.

According to Rosemary Argus, executive director of the Foundation, the annual scholarships are available for both two-year and four-year college students starting school in 2019. Our four awardees celebrated their achievements at the annual Education Scholarship luncheon held in late May.

The 2019 recipients for the Foundation scholarships this year were four young ladies, which was a first for the Foundation, she commented. “We believe that helping our young adults obtain a college education is an investment, not only in the future of our youth, but also in the future of Des Plaines,” said Argus. “The scholarships will help bring a college degree within reach for students who need it most.”

The four 2019 winners were Sophia Panfil and Jillian Valente from Elk
Grove High School and Samantha Parcell and Arline Vargas from Maine West High School. They were chosen out of more than 38 applicants who applied in the 2018 school year from all the high schools where Des Plaines residents attend.