Summer 2020

The Curtis Fund impacted Tyler's dreams and goals, not only because she was able to manage her school payments, but also because she was able to travel. She had opportunities that included going to Africa to help build an orphanage, to Vietnam for a Humanitarian Affairs Global Conference, the Philippines for a community outreach and to teach a health training program for locals, and Nicaragua to assist with mobile healthcare clinics for the underprivileged.

"I am incredibly grateful for the help I received from the Curtis Fund. It made education a true possibility and helped set me up for where I am in my life today-I own a home, I have a full-time job as a Registered Nurse, I have a beautiful German Shepard."

Summer/Fall 2019

“I am forever grateful to the Curtis Fund for giving me the financial strength to move forward in my life and succeed in reaching my goals. Nothing and no one can ever take this from me. I was able to keep a stable home for myself and my children, secure my employment, and I am now working under a provisional license while attending UVM to secure my professional teaching license and library endorsement. I could never have afforded any of this if it were not for financial aid.” 

Spring 2019

“I am truly grateful for the help from the Curtis Fund. This support is helping me learn a skill that will result in finding sustainable work and hopefully a career that brings a lot of success.” 

Winter 2018

"My parents have always been supportive of my dreams and pushed me to be better. They always said that having an education was priceless and supported my goals, no matter how difficult the road seemed." 

Summer 2017

“My motivation [in going to college] was to create a great career that I loved. As a first-generation college student, I also wanted to inspire my siblings to attend.”

Winter 2017

“I went to 14 schools before graduating high school and at every school there was at least one teacher, janitor, lunch lady, bus driver or school staff member who encouraged me and believed in me.”

Winter 2016

“I’m so glad that The Curtis Fund and similar funds encourage people to get their degrees and pursue their dreams.”

Summer 2016

“I had learned that I was $3,600 short for college. I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to go, and then I received the letter and the funds that covered the portion I was missing.”

Summer 2015

“I wouldn’t be where I am today without The Curtis Fund. It allowed me to see worlds beyond my small hometown and spawned a life-long love of learning and enrichment.”

Winter 2014/15

“This scholarship opens many doors for the students I work with and can be the determining factor of whether and/or where they attend college.”

Summer 2014

“All of my goals revolve around having a college education, so without it I cannot fulfill my dreams, and without The Curtis Fund, I cannot even start to afford college on my own.” 

Winter 2014

“I knew that getting educated was the best and only way to attain the freedom and flexibility in life that I wanted.”

Winter 2011

Results from a survey conducted on Curtis Fund grant recipients by St. Michael’s College.