WCASD Grad Receives 20K Scholarship from Local Cancer Foundation

Patrick Durant, a 2016 graduate of Rustin High School, has been named the recipient of the Team CMMD Foundation’s $20,000 Karen Baker Scholarship Award. Durant plans to attend Gettysburg College in the fall.

Thirty-two seniors from the West Chester Area School District and the Downingtown Area School District applied for the 2016 Karen Baker Scholarship Award. One student was chosen from each district to receive the scholarship, which will be awarded in increments of $5,000 per academic year for four consecutive years and is contingent upon the recipient maintaining a 3.0 grade point average or better.

In addition, the Team CMMD Foundation granted a $500 Karen Baker Book Award to Brandon Madonna, a 2016 graduate of Henderson High School who plans to attend St. Joseph’s University in the fall. The Team CMMD Foundation granted a $500 Karen Baker Book Award to a 2016 graduate of the Downingtown Area School District (DASD) as well.

The organization also donated $1,000 in the name of a graduating DASD senior to the Cure4Cam Foundation, a local childhood cancer foundation that seeks to raise community awareness of and support for the development of new and more humane therapies for childhood cancer.

Based in Exton, the Team CMMD Foundation is a non-profit organization that was formed in 2013 to provide financial assistance, scholarships, and meals to families with cancer. The organization hosts dedication runs honoring those fighting cancer and supports community outreach projects. In 2015, the Foundation established the Karen Baker Scholarship in honor of Baker, a working mother of two who is currently fighting leiomyosarcoma, a rare form of soft-tissue cancer. To learn more about the Team CMMD Foundation, visit teamcmmd.org.

For more information, please contact Ms. Tracey Dukert, Digital Communications Coordinator, West Chester Area School District at 484-266-1170 or tdukert@wcasd.net.