NORWICH – Norwich Dollars for Scholars, in conjunction with the Norwich City School District, held its 7th annual awards ceremony Monday night at the Chenango County Council of the Arts.

Norwich Dollars for Scholars is a locally operated, not for profit scholarship foundation affiliated with the national program of Scholarship for America. The mission of Dollars for Scholars is to expand access to educational opportunities by involving and assisting the community in support of students in their pursuit of post secondary education.

Since its inception in 2004, Norwich Dollars for Scholars has given away over 160 scholarships representing more than $127,000 to the deserving students residing within the Norwich City School District.

Receiving scholarships last night were, in alphabetical order: James Acenowr, Andrew Austin, Patrick Bankich, Lindsay Beltz, Catherine Benenati, Nathan Biviano, Sarah Bonnell, Richard Bonney, Joshua Borfitz, Alison Brown, Korinna Conron, Trevin Cruz, Elisha Eddy, Casey Edwards, Sean Gagnon, Catrina Handy, Shams-al-din Harper, Derek Hughes, Skye Ingraham, Tatyana Ithier, Matthew Jackson, Christopher Kappel, Julia Knecht, Matthew Krush, Whitney Lavoie, Padraic Law, Randi Lozier, Megan McLaughlin, Erin McMahon, Tara Miner, Tiffany Miner, Colleen Monday, Dyer Moore, Sarah Powell, Lyndsay Provo, Michael Reilly, Stephanie Root, Timothy Shepard, Gabrielle Testani, Carlie Thompson, Hailey Wilbur, Makenzie Williams, Zachariah Youngs and Ryan Zieno.