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11th annual Women’s Scholarship Tea raises nearly $25,000 for students

More than 100 people contributed to the BCCC Foundation’s Salute to Mothers scholarship by attending the event held in the Tyler Formal Gardens at Newtown

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Scholarship recipient Olesya Nemesh (left), who emigrated from Ukraine two years ago, spoke at Bucks County Community College’s 11th annual Women’s Scholarship Tea about how the Salute to Mothers scholarship has helped her and her young family. She thanked retired professor Betty Tsai (right), who founded the scholarship in 2007, and the more than 100 others in attendance.

Bucks County Community College raised nearly $25,000 at its 11th annual Women’s Scholarship Tea held this fall in the Tyler Formal Gardens.

L-R: Retired professor Betty Tsai; Bucks County Community College President Dr. Stephanie Shanblatt; scholarship recipient Olesya Nemesh and her daughter Ablina; and author Mary Fran Bontempo, who was the keynote speaker

The event supports the Bucks County Community College Foundation’s Salute to Mothers scholarship, which provides up to $1,000 a semester to a female student raising a child while attending the public, two-year school. More than 100 people attended the tea, which featured several speakers, live music, finger sandwiches and dessert. The presenting sponsor was Customers Bank.

More than 100 people attended Bucks County Community College’s 11th annual Women’s Scholarship Tea at the college’s Newtown Campus

The Salute to Mothers scholarship is among more than 150 awards administered by the Bucks County Community College Foundation, a 501(c)(3) that raises funds to advance the college’s mission. To learn more, visit bucks.edu/discover/foundation

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