Woman’s Club of Essex County Awards $106,000 in Scholarships for 2025.
The Woman's Club of Essex County is pleased to announce the availability of three scholarships to high school graduates residing in Essex County. Two of the scholarships are for county residents who are graduating seniors at Essex High School; the third, the Catesby and Lila Maddox Ware Scholarship, is available to all graduating seniors who are residents of Essex County, regardless of the school from which they graduate. A single application for all three scholarships is available to students from their guidance counselor or from this website. We encourage seniors to pursue this opportunity to obtain a scholarship to the trade school, technical school or college of their choice. Applications are due April 17th, 2026. Since it began its scholarship program in 1982 the Club has awarded $549,923 in scholarships.
Two of these scholarships are memorial scholarships - one in memory of Louise Clopton, funded by her husband, the late William Clopton; and one in memory of Catesby and Lila Maddox Ware, funded by the Ware family, which is a renewable scholarship. The third scholarship is a club scholarship to which donations are made from fundraising projects, club members, and members of the community who are interested in helping Essex County students further their education.
Two of these scholarships are memorial scholarships - one in memory of Louise Clopton, funded by her husband, the late William Clopton; and one in memory of Catesby and Lila Maddox Ware, funded by the Ware family, which is a renewable scholarship. The third scholarship is a club scholarship to which donations are made from fundraising projects, club members, and members of the community who are interested in helping Essex County students further their education.
Louise Miller Clopton Scholarship
This scholarship is in memory of Louise Clopton, funded by her husband, the late William Clopton.
It is open to Essex County residents who are graduating seniors at Essex High School.
It is open to Essex County residents who are graduating seniors at Essex High School.
The Catesby and Lila Maddox Ware Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is in memory of Catesby and Lila Maddox Ware and is funded by the Ware family, which is a renewable scholarship. It is open to Essex County residents who are graduating seniors at any area high school or accredited home school program.
The Woman's Club of Essex County Scholarship
This scholarship is a club scholarship to which donations are made by club members and others in the community who are interested in helping Essex students further their education and by various fundraising activities of the Woman's Club. It is open to Essex County residents who are graduating from Essex High School.
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