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2004
Scholarship Winners:
Angelica
Szewczak,
Philadelphia PA, awarded $750, The Rock Schoo
l
Danzel Thompson-Stout, Allentown
PA, awarded $500, Allentown Center for the Performing Arts
Breanna Dancy, awarded $750, will
be used to attend a summer workshop
The
Jessica Karrat Dance Scholarship Fund is dedicated to providing
funds for individuals who wish to participate in dance education.
It seeks to provide aspiring dancers with the opportunity to
fulfill their dreams whether to start a dance career or continue
with their dance education. All types of dance are included
(and not limited to): Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Tap, Lyrical, Hip
Hop, and Street Dancing.
The
Fund is named in memory of Jessica Karrat, who at the age of
13, died in a car accident. Jessica loved to dance. She spent
all of her free time taking dance classes and teaching her friends
to dance. One Saturday her hip-hop teacher, Kathy, took her
and her best friend Courtney Klinger into Philadelphia for a
B-Boy class. That was the start of her love for Philly. Every
weekend thereafter, Jessi, Courtney and Kathy would go into
Philadelphia to take dance classes together. Once they got there,
the girls never wanted to come home: They had big dreams of
one day becoming professional dancers while living in Center
City, Philadelphia.
Jessi
was always smiling and happy. Everyone loved to be around her
because she always put a smile on your face and made you laugh.
She lived life to the fullest and never gave up on her dream
to be a professional dancer. She loved to perform in front of
anyone. You could see her dancing in the streets of Philly or
dancing on the New Jersey boardwalk. She made anyone around
her want to dance. The girls in her dance classes said that
she made dancing fun which made them want to be better dancers.
It did not make any difference to her whether it was Ballet,
Hip Hop, Jazz, Tap, or Street Dancing - she truly loved all
forms of dance and she was the dance.
The
Jessica Karrat Dance Scholarship Fund is a component fund at
the Philadelphia Foundation.
If
you wish to make a tax-deductible contribution to the fund:
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Make your check payable to “The Philadelphia Foundation”.
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In the memo area of the check, list the “Jessica Karrat
Dance Scholarship Fund”.
Send your donation to:
The
Philadelphia Foundation
1234 Market Street (Suite 1800)
Philadelphia, PA 19107
To
find out more about The Jessica Karrat Dance Scholarship Fund
at the Philadelphia Foundation, visit http://www.philafound.org/donors/stories.htm#anchor19211
The
official registration and financial information of The Philadelphia
Foundation may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department
of State by calling toll-free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999.
Registration does not imply endorsement.
To
contact the President of the JESSICA KARRAT DANCE SCHOLARSHIP
FUND, email Barbara Klinger at pbskling@bellatlantic.net.
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