STONINGTON – The Eugene Atwood Fund, a private non-profit foundation located in Stonington, CT, has been providing interest-free loans to New London County area students for over one hundred years.  Programs include their annual awards as well as interest-free loans for college, trade/tech school or to obtain certification/licensing.  Nineteen (19) senior high school students were awarded a total of $35,612 in funding and twenty-one (21) students were approved interest-free loans totaling over $78,000 for the 23-24 school year.
 
The Eugene Atwood Award is provided to senior high school students nominated by their principals and awarded for academic achievement.  The Board of Trustees voted to award a total of $22,750 to the following students: 
 
2023 Eugene Atwood Award
Benjamin Nave                                    Wheeler High School
Student Name Withheld                   East Lyme High School
Addie Concascia                                 Montville High School
Helen Gross                                          Stonington High School
 
2023 Eugene Atwood Recognition Award
Brooke Rodgers                                  Bacon Academy
Jenaliz Cordero                                   Grasso Technical High School
Kendall Larkin                                      Griswold High School
Ronan Allison                                        Ledyard High School
Lauren Pinkerton                               Lyman Memorial High School
Shaelin McMunn                                Marine Science Magnet High School
John Podziewski                                 Norwich Technical High School
Isaiah Anderson                                  Robert E. Fitch High School
Luca Muscarella                                  Saint Bernard School
Anika Gard                                             The Williams School
Briana Smith                                         Waterford High School
 
The Eugene Atwood Innovation Award provides funding for the purchase of tools/equipment for senior high school students pursuing a career in a trade related profession.  The Eugene Atwood Fund’s Trade and Technology Committee awarded a total of $12,862 to the following students: 
 
2023 Eugene Atwood Innovation Award
McKenzie Wolicka                              Bacon Academy
Kathrine Buckley                                 Grasso Technical High School
Benjamin Petersons                           Ledyard High School
Student Name Withheld                     Norwich Technical High School
 
For more information about programing or to apply, please visit www.eugeneatwoodfund.org or contact Stacey Haskell at admin@eugeneatwoodfund.org.