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THE HILLBURN COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND

THE HILLBURN COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FUND
P.O. Box 705, Hillburn, NY 10931

Dear Community Member: February, 2006

The Hillburn Community Scholarship Committee is proud to announce its fifth annual Hillburn Community Scholarship Fund Drive. We are a volunteer community-based organization committed to helping Hillburn students with college or vocational education after high school.

Our plan is to name the Scholarship each year for a person who served Hillburn youth and contributed significantly to our community. In so doing, our community will come together to recognize the award recipient(s), as well as to honor the individual for whom the award is named. This year we are pleased to name the Hillburn Community Scholarship in honor of Peter Galindez, who taught and mentored Hillburn youth for decades.

Applicants must be Hillburn residents who are graduating high school seniors planning to attend college or vocational programs in the fall of 2006. Applications will be available at the Village Office, and are due by April 14, 2006.

Because the proceeds for the Hillburn Community Scholarship must be raised entirely by private donations, we are asking for your help. They say “it takes a village to raise a child.” By donating to the Hillburn Community Scholarship Fund, you can help a Hillburn student on the road to success! Last year the Committee awarded a total of $ 8,000.00 to four deserving seniors.

Please send your donation in the form of a check or money order payable to:
The Hillburn Community Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 705, Hillburn, NY 10931.

An awards ceremony will be held Saturday, June 3, at 2 PM in the Hillburn Community Room. Contributions to the Hillburn Community Scholarship Fund received before May 5 will be acknowledged in the program at that time.

On behalf of the Hillburn Community Scholarship Committee, thank you in advance for your generous contribution.

Sincerely,
Kathleen Davies, Chair

Committee Members
Elke Chaiken
Kathleen Davies
Maria D'Elio
David Farrison
Tim Gulick
Travis Jackson
Walter Johnston
Kerrin Mahaffey
Hope Morris

2006 Hillburn Community Scholarship Fund
In Honor of
PETER GALINDEZ, Sr.

The Hillburn Community Scholarship is awarded to a graduating high school senior residing in Hillburn, who plans to further his or her education beyond high school. Consideration is given to any student who exhibits a high standard of personal achievement, school/community involvement, and whose actions are a positive role model for peers.

We are proud to name the 2006 Hillburn Community Scholarship in honor of Peter Galindez. Peter's heritage is Trinidadian, although he was born in Harlem (1934) and graduated from Jamaica High School in Queens. He moved around as a child, and was raised by a number of family members, but remembers especially his Aunt Ada. After graduating from high school he attended Howard University where he studied science, with a special interest in botany, and graduated with a B.S. degree. He met his wife Mildred there; they have now been married almost 50 years.

Peter taught science for a year at a yeshiva in Spring Valley before enlisting in the United States Air Force. He entered as a private, and after twenty years of service, both active and in the reserves, he retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. During his active service he and Mildred had three children: May, born in Washington, D.C. and now living in Hillburn; Mary, born in England, and now living in Virginia; and Peter, Jr., born in France, now in the Air Force and living in Mississippi. They are happy that all of their children attended college and earned their degrees.

Along the way Peter did graduate work, also at Howard University, and received a M.S. degree. Mildred was born and raised in Hillburn, which became their home after traveling the world with the Air Force. Peter put his education, his tutoring experience in the service, and parenting skills to excellent use teaching at Suffern High School, grades 7 - 12, for twenty years. He taught Earth Science, Physical Science, Biology, Environmental Science and Applied Laboratory Techniques. He spent many of his afternoons mentoring students in the Photography Club and the Rocket Club. He used rockets as a hook to get young people interested in education. He was known to them as "The Rocket Man."

Peter based his life and his teaching on the precept that Everybody Can Achieve. That is fundamental to the purpose of the Hillburn Community Scholarship, and why we are proud to honor his extensive service.
 

Schools

Schools

Ramapo Central School District
45 Mountain Avenue
Hillburn, New York 10931
845-357-7783
WWW.RAMNET.K12.NY.US

Richard P. Connor Elementary School
13 Cypress Road
Suffern, New York 10901
845-357-2858

Montebello Road Elementary School
50 Montebello Road
Suffern, New York 10901
845-357-4466

Suffern Middle School
80 Hemion Road
Suffern, New York
845-357-7400

Suffern High School
49 Viola Road
Suffern, New York 10901
845-357-3800

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