Savings Bank of Walpole reveals Scholarship for Working Moms recipients
Financial Savings Bank of Walpole introduces Scholarship for Working Moms recipients May 29, 2021
WALPOLE, N.H.– Savings Bank of Walpole is pleased to introduce that Kristen Landau as well as Maygan Figueroa have been selected as this year’s recipients of The Julie Tewksbury Scholarship for Working Moms. Each of them got a $1,000 scholarship.
This was the inaugural year for the bank-sponsored scholarship, which was developed to aid support the efforts of functioning mommies that wish to grow properly as well as directly in addition to ended up being fantastic leaders in their areas and also in the community. The scholarship admires longtime financial institution employee and working mother Julie Tewksbury, that worked as senior vice president of Operations for Savings Bank of Walpole prior to retiring in 2020. Applications for this year’s scholarship were assessed by a tiny panel comprised of local community leaders and also financial institution employees. Kristen Landau. Photo supplied
Kristen Landau, 36, who has two young daughters, is a certified very early youth educator and currently benefits UNH Cooperative Extension on the Youth as well as Family Team. She lately ended up being Teen Mental Health First Aid Certified through the National Council for Behavioral Health. In her role, she sustains regional college districts and also other youth-serving organizations– a chance that sprung from working with a team of teens that asked if there was a training program available that would certainly educate them on exactly how to be much better geared up to assist peers with drug abuse problems.
Kristen plans to utilize her scholarship money to go to the yearly National Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals conference. “I feel so grateful for this opportunity– it’s not on a daily basis that a scholarship is granted particularly for working mothers and also it will promote my professional growth in a manner that is currently not feasible,” states Landau. She adds that participating in the seminar will supply her with the chance to get more information regarding what other 4-H Extension experts from around the nation are performing in their counties in regards to youth growth programs and also will certainly permit her to participate in meetings that review the most up to date research in her area. “Ultimately, going to the meeting will aid bring me to the next degree as an Extension educator.” Maygan Figueroa. Image provided
A lifelong pet fan, Maygan Figueroa, 32, has actually operated at Walpole Veterinary Hospital given that October 2019 where she helps Dr. Charles Shaw. The Westmoreland local has invested the previous 4 years researching to end up being a qualified veterinary service technician while additionally caring for her daughter (that is now 10) and assisting her partner on the Windyhurst Dairy Farm where the household currently lives. Maygan says she has always wished to be a large pet veterinarian, particularly a food animal vet and is identified to get her level.
As she is paying out-of-pocket for her education to avoid incurring school funding financial obligation, she intends to utilize her scholarship cash to approach tuition as she studies for her animal scientific research level. “My supreme objective is to head to veterinary college and also come back and function right here, in the area that I love,” claims Figueroa. “I am grateful that there is a scholarship certain to working mommies. It has actually been a struggle to balance everything, as well as this scholarship will aid with my college costs significantly.”
“We’re proud to praise Kristen and also Maygan on being named as our scholarship recipients,” says Mark Bodin, head of state for Savings Bank of Walpole. “Their tough work and dedication are inspiring as well as we’re pleased to be able to champion their profession growth and, inevitably aid with their future accomplishments.”
For more info, visit www.walpolebank.com or call 603-352-1822.