Hello, my name is Joseph McCormick and I am a senior at Toll Gate High School and in my third year doing Electrical Engineering at the Warwick Area Career and Technical Center. Like Mr, Geremia himself, I’m looking to go through all of the titles in the Electric Field from Apprentice to Master. However, he was a lineman while I am studying to be a residential Electrician. One time that I had to take initiative to lead a group project was working on a house my school donated to a little girl with cancer, when I was installing the internal lights, a lot of my classmates were either not wearing safety glasses to not working so I had each one of them pick a job to do out of the list. Some were doing outlets, some running wire, some helping build. That house was mostly finished within the week and delivering it taught me a lesson that money isn’t always the answer, even though I didn’t make a dime, the look on that little girl’s face was worth more than any paycheck I could’ve gotten. Why I believe the scholarship would be most helpful for me is my financial situation and my needs. Since my parent’s divorce in 2010, money has been tight for me, my dad, and my family, But when I started my job around January 2024, my grandmother who helped pitch in passed away and my father had a stroke which made him unable to get a job so the scholarship would help me be able to put a large sum of money into my career because only one source of income for multiple outcomes has not been easy. I’ve tried helping my little sister’s childhood as much as I can because I feel bad which has been beyond worth it despite the price. The money would first go to fix my car so I have a way to get to work, and the rest will go to tools for me to be able to work in the field of electricity. Overall, if I get the scholarship it would make my career endlessly more possible but if there’s anyone out there who could use it more than me I hope and pray they get it. John Geremia’s career will always live on through this scholarship. Not only who he was, but the hope he’ll reflect onto students.