Scholarships
The KVIS awards scholarships each year to Ken-Ton college-age students. Application deadline is April 30 of each year.
Apply Today
If you are a college age person, under the age of 22 years, you are encouraged to apply for a scholarship. Apply any time until April 30, 2024. You must have accepted or are prepared to accept an offer of admission to a college or university, or for the Hulley Scholarship, to a trade school or apprenticeship. You only need to submit one application, you will be considered for all applicable scholarships. Emails can sometimes go into a spam folder, so we are asking applicants to mail applications to: KVIS, 16 Warren Ave, Kenmore, NY 14217.
Donate to help support these scholarships
Donations to help fund these worthwhile scholarships are warmly accepted. The Kenmore Village Improvement Society is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. EIN: 26-2771025. Contributions are tax-deductible for income, gift, and estate taxes.
Jeffrey Rutowski Memorial Scholarship
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Jeff was a cherished, long-time member of the Kenmore Village Improvement Society.
He was loved by many -a bright light in our Kenmore area community. Jeff was the Pharmacist/owner of Kenmore Prescription Center on Delaware Avenue in Kenmore. He had such a caring and truly genuine way about him and missed greatly. The Jeffrey Rutowski Memorial Scholarship is intended to help Kenmore-Tonawanda student who plan to go to college to study college level pharmacology, biology, or chemistry. If you would like to contribute to the Jeffrey Rutowski Scholarship fund, please see our donation page here: https://www.villageofkenmore.com/make-a-donation.html Click the link below for the application. 
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Jeff Rutowski receiving the KVIS Good Neighbor Award
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KIM TIPPETT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Kim Tippett was a member of the KVIS Board of Directors as well as our PR Coordinator for many years. Kim was a person of the greatest integrity who helped make the world, especially our Ken-Ton community, a better place in so many ways. She was a graduate of Mount St. Mary Academy and Canisius College, working on The Griffin newspaper, then for the Tonawanda News, and other publications. Kim died of metastatic breast cancer at the age of 33. We can never replace her in our hearts, or in the many positive ways she contributed to the KVIS and our community. To honor Kim, we have started a scholarship in her memory. The funds donated by the KVIS and friends like you, will enable us to annually award a student who is planning to study writing/journalism.
If you would like to contribute to the Kim Tippett Scholarship fund, please see our donation page here: https://www.villageofkenmore.com/make-a-donation.html Click the link below for the application.
If you would like to contribute to the Kim Tippett Scholarship fund, please see our donation page here: https://www.villageofkenmore.com/make-a-donation.html Click the link below for the application.
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KVIS Board member, Joanna Panasiewicz with
2024 recipient, Julianna Valenzuela
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JOhn and Bette Hulley Trades Scholarship
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Careers for young people are sometimes started by studying at a college or university, other times is begins at a trade school or through an apprenticeship. The KVIS wants to help support those who choose to have a career in the trades -like an electrician, plumber, etc. John and Bette Hulley are KVIS members; John is a master carpenter who worked extensively on restoring the Darwin Martin House in Buffalo. If you would like to contribute to the Hulley Trades Scholarship fund, please see our donation page here: https://www.villageofkenmore.com/make-a-donation.html Click the link below for the application.
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John Hulley with 2024 recipient, Ryan McLaughlin
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Anne Moot Music Scholarship
Anne Altenburg Moot is an MFA graduate of SUNY Buffalo where she studied with Livingston Gearhart. She is a graduate of The Artist and Licentiate programs of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto, where she studied with Alberto Guerrero, teacher of Glenn Gould. Some of her students from a long teaching career have achieved prominence in the music field. She has performed widely in WNY including a debut with the BPO, recitals at UB and on WBFO. She was the first accompanist for the Affiliate Artist program in WNY. Some of her original four-hand composition have been published by Robert Pace of the International Piano Foundation. She and her piano partner have made 2 CDs. They have performed at St. Paul's Cathedral Recital Series, for the opening of the Martin House Complex, and at the Pan American Celebration of 2001. Anne is delighted to help further the education of young people who are studying music.
If you would like to contribute to the Anne Moot Music Scholarship fund, please see our donation page here: https://www.villageofkenmore.com/make-a-donation.html Click the link below for the application.
If you would like to contribute to the Anne Moot Music Scholarship fund, please see our donation page here: https://www.villageofkenmore.com/make-a-donation.html Click the link below for the application.
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KVIS Board Member, Joanna Panasiewicz with recipient, Morgan Nagel
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KVIS Board Member, Joanna Panasiewicz with recipient, Ethan Epstein
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KVIS Board Member, Joanna Panasiewicz with recipient, Gaia Godinho
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"Thanks again for selecting me for the Christopher and Frederick Sachs Scholarship! It is an honor to be selected and I look forward to giving back to the organization and the Village of Kenmore in the future. This Scholarship will help pay for some of my textbooks next year, so I am very grateful. Once again, thank you!' -Spencer Gates