Lauren M. Fitzgerald Scholarship Fund Information

Scholarships have been established for college-bound high school seniors at Lauren's alma mater, Wyomissing Area High School, Wyomissing, PA, and at Wilson High School, West Lawn, PA, where Lauren's father is a teacher.  Scholarship selection criteria targets students who have faced (or are currently facing) adversity, yet continue to excel academically.  The minimum award for each scholarship is $1,000.

Students applying for this scholarship are required to write an essay describing how the following quote from American poet Maya Angelou has impacted their lives: "I can be changed by what happens to me.  I refuse to be reduced by it."  Student winners are selected by a team of three (3) school officials and two (2) family members.  Actual winning essays are featured in the box below.

In 2007, a scholarship will be established at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, where Lauren was enrolled in the school of Media Arts and Design as an interior design major.