The Matthew R. Row Scholarship Foundation, Inc.: Application Period Officially Closed

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Application Period Officially Closed

Hi Everyone!!

We had extended the deadline to May 1, 2017 and now the application period has officially closed for this year. We are still processing the applications we received and will send confirmation of their receipt by email this week.

Thank you to all who have applied - we understand the effort it took to complete the process, and the courage it took to write your essays. Some of you haven't even spoken of your losses, let alone written about them, so we want you to know that is something that we don't take for granted. Our hearts go out to each and every single one of our applicants.

We are now in the process of reviewing each one in detail to make a very difficult decision of choosing only two recipients for the scholarship, and as soon as our entire board has had the chance to review as well, we will notify all of the applicants of our decision. We estimate our decision to be made by the first week of June.

In the meantime, you're in the high school home stretch! Keep up the forward momentum - you're going places!!

Andrea

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About Us

Matt Row was a loving, intelligent, fun, driven man, and education was very important to him. Although he pursued his Associates Degree just after high school, his interests evolved over time and he decided to continue his education years later. After eight years of attending college part-time (taking a year off to get married and build a home), he graduated with his Bachelors Degree in 2007, about a week before his daughter’s birth. Soon after graduation, he secured a great position in his new field, and began pursuit of his Masters Degree. Part of his motivation to continue his education was to provide a positive example to his children, and to provide more economically for his family.

On November 15, 2008, Matt was killed in an industrial accident at his engineering job at the age of 39, leaving behind his wife, Andrea, and their two young children. At the time of the accident, their son Jacob was four years old, and their daughter Sydney was 18 months. He was an amazing husband, father, son, friend, co-worker, and was loved and respected by everyone that knew him.

Shortly after the accident, Matt's co-workers, deeply saddened by his loss, organized an annual event in his honor called the Run For Row 5K to help fund a trust they originally set up to raise money for the children's education. In 2014, they created a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, and the Run for Row 5K now operates under the umbrella of "The Matthew R. Row Scholarship Foundation, Inc.” The decision was made to broaden the purpose of the corporation to fund college scholarships for other students from Western New York who, like Matt’s children, have also lost a parent.

For the 2017 academic year, we are awarding an educational scholarship to two high school seniors in the amount of $2,500 each. We will also offer a paid registration to one of the Camp Widow® programs offered by Soaring Spirits International. Understanding the challenges of raising a family as an only parent, the foundation would like to provide for them as well.

The Run For Row 5K is held at Como Lake Park in Lancaster, NY on the third Sunday of every August and is our primary source of funding. Scholarship winners will be announced at the post race party. This 5k is known for their outstanding post race party, featuring an awards ceremony, door prizes, Chinese auction, music and plenty of food and refreshments. Register for the race at www.active.com as the date gets closer.

Please contact Andrea Row with any questions or for further information at (716) 771-1691.

Matt's graduation pic 2007

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Application Period Officially Closed

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