Scholarship Program (read more)

The Boston North Cancer Association sponsors a scholastic Scholarship Program designed to assist promising North Shore students in overcoming the challenges and hardships posed by cancer so they may achieve their dreams of higher education. The scholarship program also advances improved methods of cancer treatment and prevention by means of assisting medical school students.

Boston North Cancer Association awards three $2,500 scholarships in the spring of each year. Scholarship recipients are selected from an application process that is open to the public. Applications for the 2013 scholarship awards are available below.

Please note: Boston North Cancer Association restricts funding to the following communities: Beverly, Boxfield, Danvers, Essex, Gloucester, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lynn, Lynnfield, Manchester-By-The-Sea, Marblehead, Middleton, Nahant, Peabody, Rockport, Salem, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield and Wenham.

The David J. Solimine, Sr. Honorary Scholarship
Awarded annually to a college-bound North Shore high school senior who is a cancer survivor or is currently undergoing treatment for cancer. (download application)

The Hope Begins Here Scholarship
Awarded annually to two college-bound North Shore high school seniors whose parent either passed away from cancer, survived cancer during the applicant's childhood years, or is currently undergoing treatment for cancer. This scholarship is awarded in honor of the annual recipient of the Boston North Cancer Association's Hope Begins Here Award. (download application)

The F. John Bargoot, MD Memorial Scholarship
Awarded annually to a medical school student who resided and completed high school on the North Shore and has a demonstrated interest in cancer treatment and prevention. (download application)

Scholarship Award Recipients

David J. Solimine Sr. Honorary Scholarship

Alix Lara - 2012
St. Michael's College, Class of 2016
Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, Class of 2012

Victoria Costa - 2011
University of Rhode Island, Class of 2015
Lynnfield High School, Class of 2011

Sengin Holland - 2010*
Fitchburg State College, Class of 2014
Lynn Technical Vocational Institute, Class of 2010

Judith Theriault - 2010*
Merrimack College, Class of 2014
Bishop Fenwick High School, Class of 2010

*In 2010, two $1,000 scholarships were awarded in this category.

Hope Begins Here Scholarship
Awarded in honor of Donald M. Perlman, MD - 2012
Awarded in honor of Ronald S. Weinger, MD - 2011

Joseph Dunning - 2012
Vassar College, Class of 2016
Salem High School, Class of 2012

Brittany Murtaugh - 2011
Lesley University, Class of 2015
Marblehead High School, Class of 2011

Emily Cardenas - 2010*
Boston University, Class of 2014
Swampscott High School, Class of 2010

Wilfredo Garcia - 2010*
Wentworth Institute of Technology, Class of 2014
Lynn Technical Vocational Institute, Class of 2010

Laura Sullivan - 2010*
Saint Anselm College, Class of 2014
Lynnfield High School, Class of 2010

*In 2010, three $1,000 scholarships were awarded in this category.

F. John Bargoot, MD Memorial Scholarship

Megan Furnari - 2012
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Class of 2013
Brown University, Class of 2006
Pingree High School, Class of 2002

Whitney Hendrickson - 2011
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Class of 2014
Middlebury College, Class of 2009
Masconomet Regional High School, Class of 2005

Julie Lamusta - 2010
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Class of 2011
Harvard Medical School, Class of 2006
Lynnfield High School, Class of 2002