Jaelah Fernandez

Thank you so much for selecting me as a recipient of the John F. Puffer, Sr. S.M.I.L.E Scholarship! This award means so much to me and will greatly help me financially in my college journey. Thank you again and I promise that I will continue to lead with compassion, inspire other, and strive for excellence in everything I do; always remembering to follow S.M.I.L.E.

Liaidan Van Dyke

Dear Puffer Family, I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for awarding me this scholarship. From what I read, John was an amazing person who made his community and those people around him better in so many ways. I am moving in to my dorm room tomorrow at the University of South Carolina and promise you that I will make John and all of you proud over the next four years and beyond. If any of you are going to be around Worcester this December, I will be working with my father again to chair the JBR from South Carolina. He will be there and would love to put a name and a face together if possible. Thank you so much! Liaidan Van Dyke