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Women in Community Action give four scholarships to area students

Women In Community Action (WICA) recently held a reception for their 2015 academic scholarship recipients and their families at Hylton Senior High School in Woodbridge.  All four recipients were chosen based upon their grade point averages, community service activities, and participation in school and community extracurricular activities.  The scholarship funds will be sent directly to the universities of their choosing in the fall.  

WICA was founded in 1976 in Dale City and currently has 20 members from Prince William and Stafford counties.  Each scholarship is named after one of the founders such as The Deloris Hampton Memorial Scholarship; The Mary Williams Memorial Scholarship; The Fannie W. Fitzgerald Scholarship; and The Clara L. Harris Scholarship.  Through the years, WICA has promoted academic excellence in our youth.  The organization’s signature activity, which began in 1979, is the Debutante Ball which is held on even years for high school junior and senior young ladies.  Some other activities of WICA have included youth mentoring, adopting a family in need, financially supporting college students in need, Action Through Community Service (ACTS), Project Mind-A-House, the Arts through CAPAC, providing holiday dinners to families in need, contributing to the local women’s shelter, Relay for Life Cancer Walk, the Teen Summit, and the Martin Luther King annual program.

WICA is also awarding scholarships to the 2014 debutantes who will be entering college for the first time this year.

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