DANIELSON — The QVCC Foundation announced the establishment of two new endowed funds, The Mary E. Patenaude Putnam Bank Scholarship and the LiR Endowment Fund for Community Engagement, both will support non-credit job-focused training programs for citizens of northeast Connecticut.  

The Mary E. Patenaude Putnam Bank Scholarship was established November 2013 in memory of Mary E. Patenaude, a Putnam Bank Board member, “whose tireless commitment to the people and organizations that serve northeast Connecticut made the region stronger and a better place to live,” said Thomas A. Borner Putnam Bank president and CEO. “This scholarship is for non-credit students who are working to improve their lives by enrolling in a job-focused program at QVCC.” Putnam Bank is a federally chartered stock savings bank founded in 1862 with eight branches throughout eastern Connecticut.

QVCC’s LiR Scholarship and Executive Council has endowed a scholarship fund for non-credit, job-focused students at QVCC. LiR Scholarship Chair and Foundation representative Bill Brower said, “Certified Nursing Assistant, Pharmacy Technician, Veterinary Assistant and other cardiotraining programs change lives. We receive wonderful letters from students who have completed these programs, such as a single mother who has been able to get off public assistance because of her C.N.A. training and also a man, who is in his fifties, is now able to fulfill a lifelong dream of a better job as a pharmacy assistant. CPL programs are vital to our community.” LiR members are very active in campus life and are valued members of the QVCC college community. 

The QVCC Foundation will proudly provide over $90,000 in scholarships to local students this spring. Scholarship applications will be available at QVCC’s website as of Feb. 3. 

 

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