Center Brunswick
United Methodist Church
Harold and Mabel Keyes
Education Award
​​Center Brunswick United Methodist Church Announces the Availability of a Financial Aid Scholarship for a June Tamarac High School Graduate.
The Finance Committee of Center Brunswick United Methodist Church announced that they will award $500 to a student to be selected from a Graduating Tamarac High School Senior. The money may be used for any type of expenses related to further education. Students do not have to belong to this Church or any other church or religion to be eligible for this award.
Interested students must apply for this award no later than March 1. Application forms can be obtained from the school's guidance department, directly from the Church, or downloaded from our website (www.CenterBrunswickUMC.company).
This award is given in memory of Harold and Mabel Keyes, whose last will and testament created the trust that provides the funding for it. Harold and Mabel were prominent members of the Center Brunswick United Methodist Church for many years. Mabel taught in the Brunswick schools that preceded Tamarac, and continued teaching Sunday School for many years after she retired. Through this award, her love of helping young people learn and grow will continue to reach the youth of our community.
The Center Brunswick United Methodist Church is located at the intersection of Routes 7 and 142, just 3 miles east of Troy. For more information about the Keyes Education Award or other Church activities, contact the Pastor Joel Holcomb at 518-272-0123
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2024 Scholarship Recipient
Harold and Mabel Keyes last will and testament created a trust that provides funding for a monetary award to a graduating senior of Tamarac High School. They were prominent members of Center Brunswick UMC and Mabel taught in the Brunswick Schools and also at our Sunday School. Through this award, her love of helping young people learn and grow will continue to reach the youth of our community
It is my honor to introduce the recipient of the 2024 Keyes Education Award, Colin Skaarup.
We welcome Colin’s parents John and Pamela Skaarup and family.
Colin graduates this year with a host of activities on his resume.
His academic achievements include a 4.0 average throughout high school, member of Junior and National Honor Society and a member of the Masterminds program, coding club and book club. Awards include Rural and Small-Town Recognition Award, National Merit Scholarship Letter of Commendation and a RIT Science and Math Award.
He was recently awarded The NYS Scholarship for Academic Excellence and the President’s Award for Educational Excellence at Tamarac’s Senior Awards night.
Athletics included soccer from an early age which led to modified soccer, lacrosse through Middle School and eventually track in high school.
Growing up he became interested in Computer Science, more specifically Game Programming. This led to an interest in coding which is the fundamental base that allows you to create games. He then chose to create a new club at Tamarac called eSports Gaming Club.
For Colin’s next chapter he has chosen to attend Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont studying gaming and eSports.
Congratulations Colin and best wishes for a successful College career.