Scholarships
The Island Estates Women’s Club is very proud of their commitment to the community and education. Every year since 1997, the IEWC has awarded college scholarships to deserving local high school girls. The club established a charitable trust for this purpose in 2012. In 2013, The Rita O’Neil Memorial Scholarship Fund, in association with the IEWC Scholarship Foundation, was created within the charitable trust to honor the memory of member Rita O’Neil. In 2016, The Marie Wadsworth Memorial Scholarship Fund, in association with the IEWC Scholarship Found, was created to honor the memory of club member and President Marie Wadsworth. The I.E.W.C. is proud to continue to support education and local students in their college studies. To date the IEWC has distributed over 70 Scholarships!
In December of each year Scholarship applications will be available to young ladies graduating from Clearwater High School. Applications are due back by March of that year. The application packages will be sent to Clearwater High School Guidance Counselors, Clothes To Kids, posted on this IEWC website and available by contacting the IEWC Chairperson Mrs. Marilee Hoffman-Ferguson at 727-307-1691 or marileehoffman@gmail.com.
Each applicant must complete the entire application which consists of community service, awards, need, essays, current transcripts and two recommendations.
HISTORY OF SCHOLARSHIPS
The Scholarship Foundation was started in 1977. College scholarships are awarded to deserving Senior High School young women each year. In 2014 the Rita O’Neil Memorial Scholarship fund was created by her family, husband Craig Rubright and son Ryan Zirkle. In 2016 the Marie Wadsworth Memorial Scholarship Fund was created by her husband Ken Wadsworth. Both families plan to donate money on a yearly basis to fund their memorial scholarships. The Rita O’Neill and Marie Wadsworth Scholarship award money is to be $3000 each year for each scholarship.
Anonymous Donor Scholarship Recipients
2019 - Giselle Gonzalez- Clearwater High School
Riley Melvin- Clearwater High School
Tillie Palmer- Clearwater High School
Kiara Reckenwald- Clearwater High School
Madison Saul- Clearwater High School
In 2020 we could not hold our annual Scholarship Fundraiser but due to the generous donations of our annual Scholarship memorials we were still able to award the following scholarships to Clearwater High School Graduates.
Destiny Turner - Marie Wadsworth Scholarship
Courtney Fornshell - Rita O'Neil Scholarship
Danieliz Espada - MDA Scholarship
Mariya Lepou- MDA Scholarship
Belen Mejay-Perez - IEWC Fundraiser Reserves
Gabrielle Meyers - IEWC Fundraiser Reserves
Maria Wadsworth Memorial Scholarship Recipients
2016 - Savannah Jean Howard- Clearwater High School
2017 -Hailey A. Woolridge- Clearwater High School
2018 - Maddison Ouimette- Clearwater High School
2019 - Lindsay Belcher - Clearwater High School
2021
Alexa Nicolas-Lara - Marie Wadsworth Scholarship
Emily Pursley- Rita O’Neil Scholarship
Jordan Clark - MDA Scholarship
Dasia Crump- MDA Scholarship
Alicia Galvan-Cruz- MDA Scholarship
Ashly Sajeev- MDA Scholarship
Milena Kullaj- IEWC Fundraiser Reserves
Lauren Lopez - IEWC Fundraiser Reserves
Past Scholarship Last 10 Years Recipients
2009 - Nicole Barber- Clearwater High School
2010 - Melissa Dohme- Clearwater High School
Sarah Kadis- Clearwater High School
2011 - Charlyne Gavrey- Clearwater High School
Kerri Reed- Clearwater High School
Vanessa Suarez- Clearwater High School
2012 - Carly Deegan- Clearwater High School
Emma Foroutan- Clearwater High School
Rachel Meyers- Clearwater High School
Lauren Sommersfield- Clearwater HS
2013 - Kasey Braden- Clearwater High School
Jenna Troiso- Clearwater High School
2014 - Chelsea Sable- Clearwater High School
Yurida Sillis- Clearwater High School
2015 - Adriana Huerta- Clearwater High School
Jacie Parsons- Clearwater High School
2016 - Holly David- Clearwater High School
Kristen Wilson- Clearwater High School
2017 - Xhulia Fiku- Clearwater High School
Sophia Ann McCray- Clearwater H S
Selvia Mikhael- Clearwater High School
2018 -Jincy Brju- Clearwater High School
Brenna DeLong- Clearwater High School
Zoe Freeman- Clearwater High School
Amiya Hicks- Clearwater High School
2019 - Maria Ansari- Clearwater High School
Haley Bellack- Clearwater High School
Rachel Hoff- Clearwater High School
Emma McPhilamy- Clearwater H S
Giselle Gonzalez- Clearwater High School
Riley Melvin- Clearwater High School
Tillie Palmer- Clearwater High School
Kiara Reckenwald- Clearwater High School
Madison Saul- Clearwater High School
2020 - Destiny Turner - Clearwater High School
Courtney Fornshell - Clearwater H S
Danieliz Espada - Clearwater High School
Mariya Lepou- Clearwater High School
Belen Mejay-Perez - Clearwater H S
Gabrielle Meyers - Clearwater High School
Rita O'Neil Memorial Scholarship Recipients
2014 - Shekayla Yeldon - Clearwater High School
2015 - Carly Manthel- Clearwater High School
2016 - Haley O'Meara- Clearwater High School
2017 -Desirae Marie Vanhorn- Clearwater High School
2018 - Hannah Jenkins- Clearwater High School
2019 - Elena Shaw - Clearwater High School