Health & Fitness
New EASTERN Award Established in Honor of Mary Kay Duff
Eastern Center for Arts and Technology (EASTERN) is pleased to announce the Mary Kay Duff Memorial Award available to EASTERN graduating seniors in Cosmetology, Culinary Arts, or Allied Health. This $100 award will be presented annually at EASTERN’s Awards Night by the family of Mary Kay Duff, who passed away in 2009 of uterine cancer.
Mary Kay’s family chose this award to honor her memory because she was an EASTERN Continuing Education student in the 1970s taking Culinary Arts, and then again in the 1980s taking Cosmetology with her sister Noreen McDonnell. Noreen is currently the Testing/Student Data Aide at EASTERN, and all three of Noreen’s daughters attended EASTERN while in high school; Nicole McDonnell is a Culinary Arts graduate, and Colleen and Danielle McDonnell are Allied Health graduates. All three are currently working in their fields or pursuing higher education in their fields.
The student criteria established by the McDonnell family includes perfect attendance and a strong work ethic. The McDonnell family will select from the candidates submitted by the EASTERN instructors.
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“Mary Kay was a huge advocate of career and technical education,” said Noreen McDonnell. “She was an inspiration for my children to attend EASTERN and find their futures. This is our way of honoring her memory.”
For friends and family who would like to donate to the annual Mary Kay Duff Memorial Award, please make checks payable to “The EASTERN Foundation” indicating “Mary Kay Duff” in the note section. Checks can be sent to the EASTERN Foundation at 3075 Terwood Road, Willow Grove, PA 19090. All contributions made to the EASTERN Foundation are tax deductible.
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About EASTERN
EASTERN is a public school serving students in nine Eastern Montgomery County school districts. Those districts include Abington, Bryn Athyn, Cheltenham, Hatboro-Horsham, Jenkintown, Lower Moreland, Springfield, Upper Dublin and Upper Moreland. Students benefit from specialized career programs that give them a competitive edge in college or in a career. The campus is at 3075 Terwood Road in Willow Grove. For more information, please contact Amy Shields, Organizational Advancement Director, at 215-784-4806, or visit the school’s website at www.eastech.org. Like Us? Become a fan on Facebook – www.Facebook.com/EasternCenter, and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @EasternCenter.
Photo – Mary Kay Duff
