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2023 Viola Sastavickas Scholarship Awarded to: Raceja Velavan

Raceja (center) is pictured with Library Director, Clayton Cheever; Joanne Rabbitt, Page Supervisor and acting head of Borrower Services; Donna Montgomery, 2023-2024 Chair of the Board; and Kate Tigue, Head of Children’s Services and Chapter Chair of the AFSCME Library Unit at the Morrill Memorial Library.

Joseph and Viola Sastavickas and their children used the library for many years. In the last years before Viola’s death they received service in their home from the Homebound Deliveries Department of the library. When Mrs. Sastavickas passed away in 2006, her children made a generous donation to the library to endow a perpetual $500 scholarship in memory of their mother. Additional familial support has raised the annual scholarship to $1,000. According to her daughter, Kathy Sastavickas, the scholarship is “a fitting tribute to our beautiful mother and to the library and staff which treated her with great respect and affection.”

This year a committee reviewed the applications submitted and selected Raceja Velavan to receive the Viola Sastavickas Scholarship for its seventeenth year. This committee included the 2022-2023 Chairman of the Library Board of Trustees, Marguerite Cummings; the Chapter Chair of the AFSCME Library Unit, Kate Tigue; and Library Director, Clayton Cheever.

Director Cheever noted, “Raceja is a dedicated scholar who is destined for greatness. Her passion, motivation, and skill at working well with everyone she encounters make her stand out amongst her peers.” In the fall she will be starting her third of seven years of studies at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) in Boston. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Premedical Health Studies—Medicine Pathway and is aiming to earn a combined Bachelor of Science in Premedical Health Studies from MCPHS and a Doctor of Medicine (MD) from St. George’s University (SGU) School of Medicine in Grenada.

This scholarship will help offset the expenses Raceja will incur in her academic journey. As an employee at the Morrill Memorial Library, Raceja has proved herself an invaluable team member, always reliable, and eager to take on new challenges. Her first volunteer opportunity was at the library when she was in middle school and helped in the children’s department. She returned to the library in the summer before her second year in college and credits the library with helping her develop her self-confidence, communication skills, and ability to work well with members of the public. After immigrating to the United States from India when she was in middle school, Raceja has already accomplished so much. Her colleagues report always being delighted when they have an opportunity to work with her and the entire library staff agree that the healthcare field is going to be very lucky to have her once she graduates in a few years. Clayton Cheever enthusiastically supported her, “Raceja is a perfect candidate for this award and will put it to great use in her studies.”

Donation Info

Donation Guidelines

Not sure if you can bring that box of books to us? Check our Morrill Memorial Library Book Donation Guide to find out. Please note that while we appreciate receiving donated items, we are not able to add all donations to our collection. Don't worry, those items still help the library by generating funds when they are sold in our Friends of the Library book sale. 

Donations

Individuals and families have given memorial donations to the library in various ways. The Sastavickas and Francis families gave donations that have funded scholarships and honored library staff; the Ruboy Family, and others have given funds to purchase books for our collection. Other memorial or honor donations have purchased library lighting or seating. 

A recent fund in honor of long-term trustee, Stuart R. Plumer, has been set up. Donations to the Stuart R. Plumer Author Night are appreciated and funds will be used to invite authors to speak at the library.

Others, such as Jeannette Cushing, the Simoni Foundation, the Morrill and Plimpton families and Edna Phillips have given large gifts that have made it possible for us to add space to the library, make renovations or purchase capital equipment. We have also received bequests, such as the Lila Pond Endowment, that allow us to fund services that we might not otherwise be able to offer.

Birthday Books

Would you like to give a special book in honor of a child’s birth or birthday? Call Clayton Cheever, Library Director to arrange for this unforgettable gift for your child or one that you love. For a donation of $15, a hardcover book may be chosen from a cart of newly ordered books. Or donate $25 and two books may be given.

A bookplate commemorating the child’s birthday and acknowledging the donor will be placed inside the book. In addition, the birthday boy/girl will receive a thank you bookmark and will be given the opportunity to be the first to borrow the book.

 


If you are interested in making a donation, large or small, please call the Library Director, Clayton Cheever, at 781-769-0200 or complete the form below.


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