Below are two scholarship funds which benefit  Savannah's social work community.

Mary-Jane Stinson Fund

The Clinical Social Work Association of Savannah has initiated a scholarship fund in memory of Mary-Jane Stinson, a founding member of CSWA-S. The purpose of the fund is to award a $1000 scholarship to a second-year social work graduate student at Savannah State University's school of Social Work..

Anyone interested in donating to the fund should send a check or money order to the address below. 

Savannah State University Student Application Form

Tisha Abolt Graduate Assistantship Fund

The Tisha Abolt Scholarship Fund  will allow a Coastal Empire student attending classes in Athens to work with Savannah State's social-work program and in a field placement with a Chatham County public service agency.

The Tisha Abolt Graduate Assistantship Fund, established as a living legacy to Tisha Abolt, daughter of Chatham County Administrator Russ Abolt and his wife, Diane, provides tuition and a monthly stipend for a Savannah-area graduate student in UGA's social work.

Tisha Abolt died April 8, 2000, from injuries suffered in a car wreck near Athens the day before. The 24-year-old student, a 1993 graduate of St. Vincent's Academy, was scheduled to graduate that spring.

Donations for the Tisha Abolt Graduate Assistantship Fund may be sent to the school of Social Work:

Jennifer Abbott, Director of Development
School of Social Work
211 Tucker Hall
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-7016

Phone: (706) 542-9093
Fax: (706) 542-3845
 

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