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A North Penn High School senior and a Pennridge High School senior have each received $20,000 toward their future educations

PHILADELPHIA, PA — The Green Family Foundation and Firstrust Bank honored 18 college-bound students with $360,000 in scholarships during a celebration at the Philadelphia Eagles stadium on May 29. Among the recipients were three outstanding students from Chester County: Sophia Fontecchio and Vamsi Krishna Nandamuri from Downingtown STEM Academy, and Foram Shah from B. Reed Henderson High School.

LANSDOWNE — Claiming by her family to be perhaps the oldest lifelong resident of Lansdowne, Mary Lou Jennings turned 96 on May 5.

For 55 years, the Green Family Foundation and Firstrust Bank have provided a pathway to achieving higher education for civic-minded high school seniors in the Greater Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley regions through the Samuel A. Green Scholarship Program. During a celebration last week at the Firstrust Bank Club at Lincoln Financial Field, the Green Family Foundation and Firstrust Bank awarded $360,000 to 18 college-bound students.