Education Partnerships
Community Centre Alliance
2025-26 Scholarship Recipients
2025-26 Scholarship Recipients
20th Annual Fry Family Foundation Community Centre Alliance Scholarships
2025-2026 FFF CCA Award/Bursary Recipients
The Community Centre Alliance (CCA) is committed to assisting community members in their pursuit of obtaining post-secondary education. Since the partnership began in 2006, Fry Family Foundation has awarded over 350 annual scholarships to CCA youth living in their five partnering St. John's neighbourhoods (Froude Avenue, Buckmaster’s Circle, McSheffrey, Rabbittown and Virginia Park). In 2020, post-secondary CCA scholarships became renewable. Applications, Selection, Renewal and Financial Management are conducted by the Post-Secondary Institutions - Memorial University/Marine Institute and College of the North Atlantic.. As part of the 20th Anniversary Celebrations, we collected quotes and stories from past recipients. Read their stories here. A huge thank you to photographer Mae Dalton-Summers for volunteering her time to take photos at the award ceremony.
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Enid Pendergast Youth Involvement Awards
This Award recognizes and rewards high school students who have shown great Community Centre engagement. There is one award per Centre. Chloe Foote - Froude Avenue Community Centre Mackenzie McDonald - McSheffrey Resource Centre Eileen Grenning - Rabbittown Community Centre Liam Robinson - Buckmasters Circle Community Centre Rhys Brothers - Virginia Park Community Centre |
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Post-Secondary Scholarships
Memorial University/Marine Institute Dr. Philip Warren Exceptional Achievement Award Emily Johnson, Hamdi Mohammed, Sewainch Yarash, Kimberly Dove College of the North Atlantic Bob Dawson Bursary Hadil Nahhat, Sleiman Tohme, Abdulazeez Alaameri, Adrian Warner |
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2025-2026 FFF CCA Scholarship Renewals
The Foundation continues to honour and renew existing scholarships from previous years.
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Post-Secondary Scholarship Renewals
Dr. Philip Warren Exceptional Achievement Award/Scholarship- Duaa Ramadan, Walaa Ramadan, Tariq Alsidawi, Dakota Butler, Baraa Alkhalif, Tristin Clarke, Emily Sheppard, Nicholas Yetman MUN Entrance Scholarship - Reanna Van Thiel, Erika Meadus Post-Secondary Entrance Scholarship - Khaled Aldagher, Momoh Octavious 2019-20 Junior Scholarship Activation - Amy Wilcox Opportunity Fund - Amanda Chipman, Ahmad Alhakeem |
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2025-2026 Scholarship Awards Ceremony Highlights
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There were so many special things about this year's ceremony including, 5 Youth awards, 8 new scholarships awarded and 15 scholarships renewed or activated! FFF Founders, Darryl and Marlene Fry as well as many FFF Trustees, Friends, Alumni and Education Partners were in attendance. The McSheffrey Resource Centre was packed with families and supporters. In addition, event setup and serving was done masterfully by CCA students who had completed the 'Value of Work, Value of Money' youth employment and skills program. The CCA team created a festive atmosphere to celebrate 20 years of student success. Photographer Mae Dalton-Summers captured some wonderful moments of recipients with families and supporters. A slide show of quotes from past and current recipients of FFF CCA Scholarships played before and after the ceremony. See the quotes and stories here.
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Darlene Spracklin-Reid did a great job as Master of Ceremonies. CCA's Janice Henstridge, Michelle Wall, Erin Brothers, and Mike Smith, in addition to many other staff members helped host the event. FFF President Paul Burt welcomed everyone to the ceremony. Featured Guest Speakers including FFF Alumni Dr. Allison Yetman, Tristin Clarke and Tariq Alsidawi, who all reflected on what receiving FFF support meant to them. Farah Khalid spoke about her experience as a MUN Engineering Work Term student at Froude Avenue Community Centre. Farah also coached the SPARK Group who then spoke about their experience in the 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador Regional Marine Advanced Technology (MATE) Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Competition at Marine Institute. Speaking on behalf of the team was CEO Chloe Foote. FFF Trustees Marie and Erin Burt delivered remarks about the CCA Scholarship program and the FFF Alumni Network. |
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Learn more about this year's recipients of New and Renewed Awards below:
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