Scholarship Committee Chair 2024-2025: MaryAnn Chatfield
Thanks to the proceeds from our annual Holiday Tour of Homes and Outside Living Garden Tour and Art Show fundraisers, The Garden Club of LBI is able to award scholarships to local students studying horticultural, environmental and marine sciences.
2024 Garden Club of LBI Scholarship Winner
Photo by Jeannette Michelson
Caroline Liebmann, 2024 Garden Club of LBI Scholarship winner with Maryann Chatfield Scholarship committee chair.
Submitted by Gillian Rozicer
Lacey Township High School (MATES) graduate Caroline Liebmann has been named the Garden Club of LBI’s scholarship recipient for 2024. She is beginning her fall semester at King’s College, PA majoring in environmental engineering.
Among her research experience, the Forked River resident extracted and quantified microplastics from Barnegat Bay to present at Stockton University, and developed a methodology for extracting microplastics from local beaches. She has worked at Project Terrapin events, presenting at the Holgate Marine Field Station and instructing at Clean Ocean Action’s Fall Student Summit.
Caroline’s professional goals include designing and implementing solutions for environmental health and encouraging sustainable practices on a community-wide scale. She is a National Honor Society inductee and a commended student in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
From 2022 to 2024 Caroline was the Drum Major of her high school band, directing practices and teaching new members the skills necessary to succeed. She is a licensed boater and plays piano, trumpet and bass guitar.
” I am excited to be studying environmental science at King’s College,” Caroline said. “I will be participating in the 3+2 engineering progarm, earning a bachelor’s degree in environmental science and environmental engineering.”
The Garden Club’s Scholarship Program is for high school seniors who wish to pursue studies in environmental and/or horticultural college programs. Caroline joins Sarah Neil(2022) and Nicholas Guerriero(2023) in the program.
2023 Garden Club of LBI Scholarship Winner
Photo by Gillian Rozicer
Congratulations to MATES graduate Nicholas Guerriero of Surf City on being named The Garden Club of LBI’s scholarship recipient for 2023. Nicholas will attend Stockton University in the fall in the Accelerated Dual Degree program in Environmental Science. He is a native of Surf City, as is his mother.
For the summer, Nicholas is working at the Barnegat Oyster Collective, the Bayview Marina leading echo kayak tours and as a paid intern with Re-Clam the Bay and Save Barnegat Bay.
The scholarship is for $1000 each year and is renewable each year the student is in school. Sarah Neil, The Garden Club’s 2022 recipient, is continuing her studies at College of New Jersey and received $1,000 for her second year.
The scholarship will amount to $4,000 over the course of each recipient’s education.
The Garden Club of Long Beach Island
2024 Scholarship Application is now available!
Please click here to print the 2024 Scholarship Application!
If you know of a worthy candidate, please contact MaryAnn Chatfield at mchatfield184@comcast.net