K of C Awards Benefit Four Students

SCHOLARS: From left to right are Paul Elterlein, Gabriella Licini, Chris Dugan, Sarah Levy, Dylan Cipolla, and Grand Knight Fran Sullivan.

TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—Knights of Columbus Mother Seton Council #5427 recognized four township high school seniors at its Scholarship Awards Night May 30, bestowing $1,000 scholarships to further their studies.

The students, related to members of Mother Seton Council, are standouts in academics and  extracurriculars.

Gabriella Licini, of Academy of the Holy Angels High School, was awarded the $1,000 Mother Seton Council Scholarship. She will attend Marist College for digital design.

Dylan Cipolla and Sarah Levy, of Westwood Regional High School, and Christopher Dugan, of Bergen County Academies, were awarded $1,000 Picarella Scholarships. 

Dylan will study engineering at The College of New Jersey. Sarah will study environmental science at the University  of Maryland. Chris is off to Princeton for his study of chemical engineering.

Members lauded Paul Elterlein, chair of the scholarship committees, for his work,

The Knights of Columbus was founded in 1882 at St. Mary’s Church in New Haven, Connecticut, by Fr. Michael J. McGivney. It is the world’s largest Catholic fraternal organization with nearly 1.9 million members worldwide. It is also one of the most active charitable organizations in the United States. 

Applications for membership in the Knights of Columbus are welcome from qualified individuals. For more information call 201-664-0422, or go to our website, www.kofc5427.com.