Six college- bound young Stamfordites have been awarded $5,000 towards their college education by The Citizen of the Year Scholarship Program .
Each of these citizens has volunteered hundreds of hours at local non-profit agencies such as Kids in Crisis, Keep Stamford Beautiful, the Food Bank, Yerwood Center, Special Olympics, Friendship Circle, Bartlett Arboreteum and Stamford Museum and Nature Center.
The recipients include Jaime Manela, Jyotsna Winsor, Juan Agurto, Jasmine Forbes, Sarah Benjamin and Marissa Friedman.
Stamford Citizen of the Year award was founded in 1945 by the City of Stamford and the Jewish War Veterans Post 142. Recent honorees have included June Rosenthal and DickTaber.
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