Scholarship Fund
Background
Michelle Catania was a wife, vibrant mother of two and a successful businesswoman with a longtime love of Community Theater and service. Despite being a petite 5’3” (and a half!) she was truly larger than life with an even bigger heart. After almost a decade of fighting, Michelle lost her battle with breast cancer in 2010 at the age of 42, leaving behind many loving family members and friends who want nothing more than to preserve her memory in her true spirit. The Michelle Catania Children’s Theater Program, in partnership with the Center Players, her local community theater in Freehold, NJ, provides children’s theater programming in addition to awarding one $500 scholarship each year in both of the states she called home, Florida and New Jersey.
Scholarship Eligibility
Applicants failing to meet these requirements will not be considered for the scholarship. In the event no applicant meets these standards, the scholarship will not be awarded.
- The applicant must be attending or enrolled to attend a public state college or university in either Florida or New Jersey as an undergraduate student in the Fall 2012 semester.
- The applicant must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
- The applicant must demonstrate commitment to excellence in performing arts and/or other extracurricular activities.
- A member of the applicant’s immediate family (Defined as: mother, father, brother, sister grandparent, aunt or uncle) must have had a serious bout with cancer.
Distribution of Funds
The scholarship will be paid to the college or university prior to the Fall 2012 semester provided proof of enrollment. Scholarship honorees will be announced no later than August 1, 2012.
Privacy Policy
Information we acquire from scholarship applications is treated as confidential and will not be used for purposes other than the scholarship application. We will not sell your information (name, address, email address, telephone number) to a third party, except as required by law, nor add your information to our marketing database. Visitors to our Michelle Catania Childrens Program website will not be automatically enrolled to receive extraneous emails and/or solicitations of any sort unless they request to receive further communication.
Download the Application
Click here to download our pdf application. Please follow the instructions on the application carefully.
Scholarship Winners!
Click here to view the press release announcing the winners of our 2011 scholarship.
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Michelle Catania is a sister, aunt mother, wife, daughter and friend. She has excelled in management and business. Truly fearless, she has accomplished much and never let fear of failure or the unknown prevent her from achieving her goals. In just 42 years, she has succeeded in every area of her life as a self-made woman. What’s truly amazing is that many of her achievements have come over the past several years while she was living with cancer, which has recently progressed. Michelle passed away on the morning of July 27th, surrounded by her loving family.
It’s no secret to family and friends that Michelle has a lifelong passion for the theater. She has performed, often as the lead, in musicals and plays in her teens and twenties in Florida, and more recently in community theater in central New Jersey. On any typical day, she could be heard singing show tunes or rehearsing lines while cooking a meal for her family or driving around to appointments.
Michelle as Olive Madison in Center Players' production of "The Odd Couple-Female Version"
Michelle’s family and Center Players, with Michelle’s insight and input, have created the Michelle Catania Children’s Theater Program, a legacy befitting her name. This program is administered by Center Players, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit community theater whose Freehold, NJ stage was a second home to Michelle.
Privacy Policy
Information we acquire from scholarship applications is treated as confidential and will not be used for purposes other than the scholarship application. We will not sell your information (name, address, email address, telephone number) to a third party, except as required by law, nor add your information to our marketing database. Visitors to our Michelle Catania Childrens Program website will not be automatically enrolled to receive extraneous emails and/or solicitations of any sort unless they request to receive further communication.
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My daughter is planning on going to Rollins College which is a private school. Would she be eligible to apply for the scholarship?
The college has to located in either FL or NJ; it doesn’t matter if it’s a state school or a private college. Good luck to your daughter!
Hi, when will the scholarship winners be announced?
Hello Nazra,
The scholarship winners will be announced within a couple of weeks. The original deadline was extended a month by request. The scholarship winners names will not be posted on the site due to privacy concerns, but the link to a press release announcing the winners will be posted as soon as it is published. Each applicant , whether a scholarship winner or not, will be contacted by mail. Best regards, Center Players, Inc.
[…] For the 2011-2012 academic year, the program received numerous applications from students planning to attend many different colleges and universities in both Florida and New Jersey. Selection criteria includes academic performance, letters of recommendation, an essay about how cancer affected the student’s life, and qualifying letters from the student’s parent or guardian . More information about the Michelle Catania Children’s Theater Program Scholarship can be found at https://michellecatania.wordpress.com/scholarship-Program/. […]
Hi, has the winner been announced yet? And if so, where is the link to take us to that site?
The last item on this page before the comment section is entitled “Scholarship Winners!” The sentence below it has the link to the press release announcing the winners. For your convenience, here is the link again: https://michellecatania.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/scholarship_release_0811.pdf. Please copy and paste it into your browser.