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The Ralph D. Smith Community Scholarship & The Danette Jones Scholarship MPDC has scholarships available for your post-secondary education. Apply Today! 2021 Scholarship Program #MPDC55 #MPDCRox The deadline for submitting a completed application is June 11, 2021. Incomplete or late applications will not be reviewed. The Scholarship Committee will send notification to all applicants by July 2021. Application materials must be addressed to and received at the Madison Park Development office by 5:00 PM on June 11, 2021. Madison Park Development Corporation 184 Dudley Street – Suite 200 Roxbury, Massachusetts 02119 You only have to submit one application to receive consideration for both of our scholarship programs. The Ralph D. Smith Community Service Scholarship awards up to $3,500 per year for four years. The Danette Jones Scholarship awards up to $1,000 on a one-time basis. The Ralph D. Smith Community Service Scholarship recipients are eligible to receive assistance for the full term of their education at a two or four-year accredited degree-awarding institution provided the student achieves a B grade average. Deadline The Scholarship Committee Multiple Applications Scholarship Amounts Scholarship Duration
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The Ralph D. Smith CommunityScholarship
&The Danette Jones Scholarship
MPDC has scholarships available for yourpost-secondary education.
Apply Today!
2021 Scholarship Program
#MPDC55#MPDCRox
The deadline for submitting a completedapplication is June 11, 2021. Incomplete or
late applications will not be reviewed. TheScholarship Committee will send notification to
all applicants by July 2021.
Application materials must be addressed to andreceived at the Madison Park Development
office by 5:00 PM on June 11, 2021.
Madison Park Development Corporation184 Dudley Street – Suite 200
Roxbury, Massachusetts 02119
You only have to submit one application toreceive consideration for both of our
scholarship programs.
The Ralph D. Smith Community ServiceScholarship awards up to $3,500 per year for
four years. The Danette Jones Scholarshipawards up to $1,000 on a one-time basis.
The Ralph D. Smith Community ServiceScholarship recipients are eligible to receive
assistance for the full term of their education at atwo or four-year accredited degree-awardinginstitution provided the student achieves a
B grade average.
Deadline
The Scholarship Committee
Multiple Applications
Scholarship Amounts
Scholarship Duration
Resident of the greater Madison Parkcommunity as defined by the boundariesof Lower Roxbury – which include and arelimited to residences in the 02119, 02120,and 02121 zip code areas;Enrollment full time as a high school senior,graduating in Spring/Summer 2021 with plansto enter college after graduationA strong commitment to pursuing abachelor’s or associate’s degree;· Involvement in community service and astrong commitment to continue communityservice throughout college;
For more information about our scholarshipprogram, please contact:
Yhinny Matos
Youth Workforce ManagerDirect – 617.849.6236
Fax – [email protected]
Orvisit our website
www.madison-park.org
*Additional requirements may apply
Madison Park Development Corporation is afifty year old not-for-profit organization located in
Roxbury, Massachusetts. Madison ParkDevelopment Corporation (MPDC) was founded
in 1966 by local residents and communityactivists dedicated to the redevelopment and
revitalization of Roxbury; a communitydevastated by poor urban renewal policies.
With courage and persistence, the group rose like
a phoenix from the ashes and garnered theresources needed to rebuild the once thrivingcommunity. This led to the formation of the
Lower Roxbury Development Corporation; whichlater formed Madison Park Development
Corporation.
MPDC became one of the nation’s firstcommunity-based organizations to
independently develop affordable housingfor low and moderate-income residents.
The Ralph D. Smith Community Service
Scholarship is named after the first executivedirector of Madison Park Development
Corporation. Mr. Smith was a resident of the oldLower Roxbury neighborhood. A baker by trade,Mr. Smith was a leader among the residents ofthe old neighborhood. He led the charge to
redevelop and restore the acres and acres ofland left vacant by urban renewal. Under hisleadership, the core units forming the MadisonPark Village complex were created. Upon hisdeath in September 1998, Mr. Smith left his
entire estate to MPDC to establish ascholarship fund in his name that would helpstudents “who have demonstrated communityservice in the Madison Park Village and Lower
Roxbury areas.”
Danette Jones served as the second executivedirector of MPDC, from 1988 to 1998. Under
Ms. Jones’s leadership, MPDC expanded itshousing development programs, created thecultural economic development collaborative,and launched its human capital campaigns.
These initiatives included the establishment ofyouth and workforce development programs,
revitalization of community organizing efforts,and the expansion of the computer training
initiatives. Among Ms. Jones’s manyaccomplishments is the successful
transformation of the blighted Orchard ParkPublic Housing Development to the Orchard
Gardens Townhouses.
About MPDC The Ralph D. SmithCommunity Service Scholarship
The Danette Jones Scholarship Fund
Eligibility RequirementsThe eligibility criteria to be considered for the
Madison Park Development CorporationScholarship programs are as follows:
