The Howick Returned and Services Association (RSA) has awarded its coveted tertiary scholarships for 2024.
Each year, the Howick RSA presents two scholarships to assist east Auckland students with their tertiary studies.
This year’s Howick RSA Tertiary Scholars are Stephanie Ly of Ormiston Senior College, and Vina Lomawai of Howick College, and they received their certificates and awards at the RSA’s hospitality venue, the Howick and Pakuranga Community Sports Centre, Bell Park.
They won their scholarships through a competitive selection process run by the Community Trust of the Howick RSA.
Madeleine East, chair of the RSA’s welfare trusts, says “the quality of applicants was of the usual high standard, and Vina and Stephanie did well to come through the selection process”.
East welcomed the families to the award presentation and wished the two students well for their respective university studies.
Howick RSA president Barry Dreyer says the awards provide cash support over the first two years of full-time study and “are aimed at easing the cost burden and encouraging ongoing tertiary study for the award winners”.
Ly, of Flat Bush, will be studying accounting and law at Auckland University, while Lomawai from Eastern Beach will be studying health science at AUT University.
“The Community Trust of the RSA provides support to youth and those in need within the wider Howick region and has been providing support for many years,” says Dreyer.
“The Poppy Trust is a separate charity, funded from Poppy Day sales and is mandated to provide welfare support for veterans and immediate dependents in need.”
