As part of its outreach to youth, Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains has awarded scholarships to three accomplished high school graduates who have demonstrated a strong interest in environmental stewardship. The awards have been given to Mia Makowski, Clarke County Highschool and Ella Stevenson and Madeline Gammache both from Loudoun Vally […]
Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains has awarded grants to three Loudoun County Highschool graduates to help with their college education. The awards have been given to Parker Price of Loudoun Valley High School and Graydon Berlik and D. J. Bundick, both from Woodgrove Highschool. […]
At the Loudoun Valley HS Awards Ceremony, Friends presented Kristina Soliland with the 2022 Jane Pratt & Jed Shilling Blue Ridge Education Awards. Photo taken by Sarah Huntington Kristina is a delightful young woman whose formidable accomplishments were duly acknowledged: as our turn to present came early […]
From Loudoun Valley High School, our Jane Pratt & Jed Shilling Blue Ridge Mountain Award winner is a young woman, Arya Tadepalli, whose resume is stunning: in addition to stellar performance as a student and as an athlete, Arya has been an active volunteer in […]
Matthew Soiland of Purcellville, who will attend Virginia Tech College of Engineering and was awarded $1,500 for his exceptional essay, noted that, “Being the honored recipient of the 2020 Jane Pratt & Jed Shilling Blue Ridge Mountains Educational Scholarship will be instrumental in helping me to […]
Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains is pleased to announce the awarding of the “Jane Pratt and Jed Shilling Blue Ridge Mountains Education Award” to Katie Lee Akin of Loudoun Valley High School, Purcellville, VA. The Award, consisting of $1,000 scholarship toward college tuition and a framed certificate, […]
Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains is pleased to announce the awarding of the “Jane Pratt Blue Ridge Mountains Education Award” to a Zach Konicke, a graduating senior from Loudoun Valley High School who will be attending Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the Fall. Zach was […]
Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains is pleased to announce the awarding of the “Jane Pratt Blue Ridge Mountains Education Award” to two graduating High School Seniors in our 5-county project area (Loudoun, Clarke, Fauquier, and Rappahannok, in VA., and Jefferson, WV). This year’s recipients, […]