2011 Storwell Bursary Winner

October 31st, 2011

Storwell Self Storage is proud to announce that Carina Chan is the winner of the Storwell Scholarship for 2011. Carina is Studying at The University of Toronto in the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Social Work working towards a combined degree of Juris Doctor and Master of Social Work.

The selection process to decide a winner of the scholarship was an onerous task as so many of the applicants were extremely deserving and showed through their volunteer and work experience to be worthy of consideration, so much so that we expanded the awards to include five consolation prizes to try in our small way to address the need and the challenge of helping foster children get the support they need to realize their educational goals.

Carina is a fine example of type of effort that we have seen in the applications. She has done extensive volunteer work at, Peace by Peace Toronto, Justice for Children and Youth, YWCA, Undergraduate Student Union at U of T, Canadian Centre for Diversity, Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, Pelletier Homes for Youth and Kids Help Phone.

Over 75,000 children in Canada are in need of foster care, often due to abuse, poverty and neglect. Having been a foster parent to 15 children, the president of Storwell has seen the needs and challenges of these young people first-hand.

That is why Storwell is offering an annual bursary of $2,000 in support of foster children to help them attend post-secondary schools and to offer a hand up as they make their way forward in life.

The award is non-renewable but candidates are welcome to apply for it once a year. The successful candidate is an active member of their community, has excellent grades and displays financial need. Thank you to all those who have applied and we wish you the best of luck in your post-secondary program.

For next year we are looking for corporate partners to help us expand the program so that we can provide more scholarships for foster children who are working to build a better life for themselves. Storwell will continue to offer the same or higher level of bursary support and will handle all the administrative and processing cost with 100 percent of any additional corporate donations going directly to the candidates.