The Osborn senior living community”™s Residents”™ Association donated more than $50,000 in Academic Achievement Awards to employees”™ children pursuing college degrees. The 44 scholarships of $1,200 each were recently presented at The Osborn”™s monthly Residents”™ Association meeting.
Dr. Edward Pasciuti, an educator and philanthropist, who has been a resident of The Osborn”™s Sterling Park Independent Living community for more than two decades, initiated the program and leads the community”™s efforts. The Osborn”™s Residents”™ Association has raised and distributed more than $500,000 in academic scholarships over the course of 20 years. The funds are donated by The Osborn”™s Sterling Park residents and administered through The Osborn Foundation.
“My entire background is in education ”“ nearly 40 years with the New Rochelle School District as an educator and counselor,” said Pasciuti. “I wanted to do something to carry on my life”™s work in education and to help the children of Osborn employees ”“ some of whom were the first in their families to attend college.”
Each year, the resident-led donation drive works to increase the number of students who are helped and the amount they receive. Current recipients of the award are eligible for all four years of their undergraduate education.
The Osborn is a private, nonprofit continuum of care community, founded in 1908 and based in Rye.
