Naveo Credit Union Awards $4,000 in Scholarships
April 16, 2019
(L to R): Scholarship winners Emmanuel Paul, Antonio Ferreira and Julia Griffin.
Somerville, MA) Naveo Credit Union’s Scholarship Committee awarded four scholarships of $1,000 each to local students during their Annual Meeting. Scholarship recipients for the 2019-2020 school year were Emmanuel Paul of Dorchester, Lyndsy Cadet of Everett, Antonio Ferreira of Melrose and Julia Griffin of Cambridge. Scholarship recipients are anonymously selected based on financial need, scholastic merit as well as community and school involvement.
“Once again, Naveo Credit Union has proudly presented the Carlos Faria & Victor Da Silva Memorial Scholarship awards. Education is one of the greatest assets and investments in a person’s life. At Naveo Credit Union, we are proud of our community and its members that are looking to further invest in their future through education. It is an honor and pleasure to present these awards to our finalists, and help further contribute to that investment. Naveo Credit Union, wishes the applicants and recipients a wonderful journey ahead in reaching their academic goals, and ultimately achieving their success in life through their diligent academic work,” commented Paul Ferreira, scholarship committee chair.
Named after former board members for their dedication to education, the Carlos Faria and Victor Da Silva Memorial Scholarship Fund has been a part of the Credit Union since the 1980’s.
ABOUT NAVEO CREDIT UNION (www.naveo.org): A full service, not-for-profit credit union with branches in Somerville and Cambridge, MA, which have been serving the community for ninety years. Membership at Naveo is open to anyone who lives, works or attends school in Middlesex, Suffolk and parts of Essex counties. Naveo is a 130 million dollar credit union, serving nearly 10,000 members of diverse backgrounds.