Scholarships - 2020

Every two years, Labdara Foundation distributes the ‘Labdara Foundation / Lithuanian Community Association of Toronto (LCAT) Scholarship’.  

This scholarship was established by LCAT/Lietuviu Namai, to be administered by the Labdara Foundation, and is intended to financially assist students of Lithuanian heritage to pursue their goals in post-secondary education.

This year, scholarships were awarded to:$2,500 Danius Verbyla, $2,000 Aleksia Vadauskaitė, $2,000 Jacintha Dirmantaitė-Groen in 't Woud, $1,000 Aleksa Dirmantaitė Groen In 't Woud, $1,000 Joris Meiklejohn. The Selection Committee was made up of the current Labdara Foundation Board President Zita Bersėnas-Cers, former Labdara Foundation Board member Rauda Dickinson and Internal Audit committee members: Genė Kobelskienė and Ed Stravinskas. Congratulations to all the scholarship winners and best of luck in your studies—Labdara Foundation Board of Directors .

	Danius Verbyla is in his first year Medical Science at the University of Western Ontario.
	Aleksia Vadauskas is in her first year Performing Arts (music) and Concurrent Education at York University.
	Jacintha Dirmantaite-Groen in 't Woud is in her 2nd year Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering at Queen‘s University.
;	Aleksa Dirmantaite-Groen in 't Woud is in her 4th year Honours Bachelor of Science, Life Sciences at Queen’s University.
	Joris Meiklejohn is in 3rd year Mechanical Engineering at U of Toronto.