2023 Pocono Farms Golf Scholarships Award s

Tobyhanna, PA July 2023 - The Pocono Farms Country Club Association, Inc. recently awarded five graduating seniors with a total of $7,500.00 in scholarship funds. The scholarship applicants were scored on their academic record, extracurricular involvement, community service, and their personal interview.

Congratulations to Ellyanna Callaghan (attending East Stroudsburg University), Natalie Gortych (Attending the University of Pittsburgh – majoring in Neuroscience and Therapy), and Genie Gilbride (Attending the University of Pittsburgh – majoring in Pre-Med/Biology), and Samantha Snyder (Attending Penn State University – Wilkes Barre – majoring in Forensic Science) as the recipients of this year’s Pocono Farms Golf scholarships and Pocono Farms Junior Golf Scholarship!

Congratulations to Madelyn Stultz who was awarded the 3rd Annual Neil P. Carlson Memorial Golf Scholarship. She will be attending Cedar Crest College where she will major in Education.

The five award winners were recognized at the recent Member/ Member golf tournament dinner held on July 21, 2023, in the banquet room at Pocono Farms.

Pocono Farms Country Club Association has been awarding scholarships to school seniors since 2004 with a total of over $77,500.00 awarded during that time. Contributions to this fund are made through various golf outings held throughout the season. Scholarships have also been awarded through funds set up to memorialize past members of the golf club.

Golf is an integral part of the community at Pocono Farms. The golf scholarship committee, scholarship sponsors, and the golf members are proud to award these scholarships to these deserving high school seniors.

Laps for Cancer

BY NICK NEIRA & BRYCE GILBRIDE

The Pocono Farms Swim Team brought back the Laps for Cancer Event on Saturday, July 22 after taking the 2022 season off. This event was well attended and raised $1486. That money was donated directly to the Monroe County Hospice House in memory of Marylou DeCroti, as well as anyone whose lives have been affected by this disease.

Congratulations to our top three swimmers! Evelyn Riccio swimming 270 laps, Ratmir Ibragimov swimming 201 laps and Sienna Burkett swimming 200 laps.

Other top swimmers were:

Giovanni Garcia - 184 laps

Emily Cloyd - 132 laps

Ajay Reese - 120 laps

Savannah Burkett - 117 laps

Sean Burkett – 115 laps

Alejandro Garcia - 111 laps

Izabella Garcia – 104 laps

Swimming 50 plus laps:

Alexandra Neu - 90

Kirolos Girgis - 85

Krissie Aylward - 83

Ashlyn McCormick - 83

Adrianna Nyffler - 80

Kaiden Mason - 76

Ethan Foglio - 73

Alijah Decroti - 70

Bryce Gilbride – 69

Alynn Reese – 50

Great job to all the swimmers and thank you to the Swim Team parents and the PFCCA community for all of their support.

We look forward to an AMAZING event next year!