The scholarships are awarded to employee’s family members.

It was established with a $25,000 check from a supplier and a matching donation from Blair Corporation in 1989.

“Through the years, the Blair Scholarship Fund received the donations of company employees as well as donations from departments celebrating milestone events and occasions with fund raisers,” Community Foundation of Warren County Executive Director John Lasher said. The Community Foundation administers the fund.

“The generosity of Blair employees to support this company benefit has been truly amazing and very gratifying,” retired Blair CEO and Chairman Murray McComas said. “We are so pleased to be able to support the families of our employees with this wonderful benefit.”

Photo submitted to Times Observer 2021-2022 Blair Scholarship winner Dillon Benson

“Since then, the Blair Employee Family Scholarship Fund has awarded over $2.5 million in scholarships,” Lasher said. “For the 2021-2022 academic year the Blair Scholarship Committee awarded $176,000 in scholarships to 22 students, the children of Blair employees.”

There are two new recipients of the scholarship this year: Dillon Benson (attending Allegheny College) and Jason Bonavita (attending the University of Pittsburgh: Swanson School of Engineering).

Those who continue to receive scholarship funding include: Jared Bupp, Edinboro University; Madison Gray, Clarion University; Mitchell Grosch, Mercyhurst College; Kylee Hennessy, Jamestown Community College; Zane Olsen, Pennsylvania College of Technology; Adrianna Pierce, Mercyhurst; Chyann Rose, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford; Marcus Bonavita, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Trinity Wennberg, Seton Hill University; Mikhyle Fehlman, Penn State University; Lexie Grubbs, Penn Tech; Cade McChesney, Edinboro; and Dalton Ulbrich, Edinboro.