Suffolk Foundation

The Women's Impact Fund is so grateful to A. Dodson's in Suffolk. For June, A. Dodson's is asking customers to round up for WIF. A. Dodson's is a fantastic woman-owned local business that does so much for our local community! Thank you, A. Dodson's, so much for supporting WIF!

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Two more winners of the Willis-Volper Scholarship, in partnership with Suffolk Presbyterian Church! Congratulations to Audrey Fede and Tucker March. We are proud and honored to work with the church to support these deserving students.

Congrats to Bryce Holland (Southampton Academy) for winning the Audrey Butler Scholarship! This is a wonderful award named for a nurse from Ivor who was in the first graduating class of the Louise Obici School of Nursing in 1952 (read more here: https://suffolkfoundation.org/scholarships/audrey-b-butler-memorial-scholarship/). We think Bryce is the perfect fit for this scholarship and she has an amazing future ahead of her.

If you want to remember or honor a loved one--and help hard-working students at the same time--consider starting a scholarship! Call us to learn more: 757-923-9090.

Another winner of the Sgt. AJ Parker Scholarship!! Congratulations to Unique Chatmon (Lakeland High School) for this well-deserved honor, in memory of an incredible man.

It's an honor to help steward the memory of Suffolk's legendary tennis coach by supporting the Howard Mast Scholarship each year. Congratulations to Madison Meek and Tucker March for winning this prestigious and generous scholarship!

Congratulations to Amaria Tynes of Lakeland High School for winning the Louis & Mary Haddad Foundation Scholarship! We are proud and honored to partner with the Haddads to award this amazing support. Thank you to Vonda Warren-Lilly for presenting on behalf of our board and the Haddads.

Introducing the third Class of 2026 recipient of the Obici Healthcare Foundation Career Pathways Scholarship. Heidi Jarratt from Gates County High School is one of the hardest-working students we have ever interviewed for this award. We are so proud to be supporting this student as she pursues an education, and ultimately a career, in nursing. Way to go, Heidi!

We are honored to partner with Suffolk Business Women to support their awesome scholarship. Aracely is an amazing and deserving student--what a joy to help support her educational journey!

The Suffolk Business Women organization is pleased to announce Aracely Garcia-Santana as the recipient of its 2026 Scholarship.
Awarded annually, the $2,500 scholarship recognizes a female high school senior pursuing a degree in business or a related field. Aracely, a senior at King’s Fork High School, has earned a 3.96 GPA and plans to attend the University of Virginia to study Biology on the pre-veterinary track, with a focus on large animals. In addition to excelling academically, she volunteers monthly as a livestock helper at the Mid-Atlantic Sale and works 40 hours a week during the summer in her family’s business.
We congratulate Aracely on this outstanding accomplishment and wish her continued success in all her future endeavors!

We are excited to announce that Nora LeMay was a winner this year of the Allfirst Scholarship! Suffolk Foundation board member Les Hall is here presenting the award to Nora at the Baccalaureate Service at Suffolk Christian Academy. Congratulations, Nora!!

More scholarship winners from Nansemond River High School! Congratulations to Kenneth Coleman for winning the Just Because Scholarship; Maddison Terrell for winning the James Blair Scholarship; and Tamara Harrison for winning BOTH the Sgt AJ Parker Scholarship as well as the Louis & Mary Haddad Foundation Scholarship. And many thanks to volunteer extraordinaire Gary Barlow for presenting these awards.