About us
The Alexander Handy Memorial and Scholarship Foundation was established to assist the community through youth safety and scholastics.
About the foundation
Through enhanced awareness, we can and will encourage youths through foundation projects and sponsorships to be aware of what can happen as pedestrians, as riders of bikes or drivers of a cars, if you are careless or not prepared for a situation. We remind our community to be cautious around cars and bikes.
The foundation will provide an annual $2,500 scholarship to a Medway High School senior. The qualifying criteria for this scholarship will not be solely based on grade point average. This will not necessarily be the best student in the school. The scholarship will be given to an individual that had to fight or might have struggled to achieve decent grades. Emphasis on the arts will also be a qualifier.
We will also provide a minimum $250 gift to a student at the Medway Junior High School each year. This gift will also be based on criteria listed above (in the annual scholarship.)
About Alex
On June 10, 2006 our son Alex was killed while crossing a busy street on his bicycle. While indications were that a helmet would not have helped in his situation, helmets do save lives.
Alex was a “free-spirit” who loved basketball and skateboarding. He was a great big brother and a caring friend.
Alex had ADHD (diagnosed at age 6) and while he really didn’t like school much, he was very creative, a good artist, and was very grateful to receive a good report card. He struggled often to pass a test, finish a report and turn in assignments on time. Through diligent studying and spending more time on homework, his grades improved each year.
When we award scholarships to students each year, we judge their submissions more on a creative basis than a scholastic one.
Get to know Alex in pictures
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