Samantha McRae and Skyler Gibson, both 2021 graduates of G. Ray Bodley High School, were awarded the Fulton Lions Club’s 2021 H. and Mary Dowd Memorial, and John Scaringi scholarships respectively, said Zach Merry, Fulton Lions past president and scholarship chair.
Samantha McRae, 2021 Fulton Lions Dowd Memorial Scholarship Winner
Each scholarship provides the winner with $750 per year for four years toward their college costs. McRae will be attending the University of Buffalo in the Pharmacy Program. Her career goal is to work as a pediatric pharmacist at a hospital. Gibson will be attending SUNY Stony Brook where she will major in Biology/Pre-med, with the goal of becoming a physician.
“Harold ‘H’ Dowd was a member of the Fulton Lions Club for more than 40 years,” said David Guyer, club president. “ He served both our club and our community with dedication, selflessness and good humor. Mary Dowd was an honorary Fulton Lions Club member who always opened her home to the club and to foreign exchange students for years. John Scaringi was a longstanding, treasured member of the club.”
Skyler Gibson, 2021 Fulton Lions Club Scaringi Memorial Scholarship Winner