Library announces Viola Sastavickas Scholarship winners
The family of Viola Sastavickas has made donations to the Morrill Memorial Library since 2007 in order to create a scholarship in the amount of $2,500 per year. This scholarship is to be awarded annually to a current or former library employee or library volunteer for one of the following purposes: undergraduate or graduate school, a formal course of study, or an enrichment opportunity (continuing education).
Elizabeth Porter, 2007
Lauren Bailey, 2008
Carolyn Bradley, 2009
Jillian Goss, 2010
Samantha Sherburne, 2011
Odhran O’Carroll, 2012
Laura Hogan, 2013
Hallie Miller, 2014
Maureen Riordan, 2015
Chloe Belanger, 2016
Jyotika Tandan, 2017
Dina Delic, 2018
Elizabeth Ling, 2019
Tara Bilotta, 2020
Khushi Shah, 2021
Gauri Loomba, 2022
Raceja Velavan, 2023
Elizabeth Coughlin, 2024
James Caille, 2025
The scholarship will once again be awarded in 2026, thanks to continued generosity by the Sastavickas Family.
Viola Sastavickas was a life-long resident of Norwood and used the library frequently.
According to her daughter Kathy, the scholarship is “a fitting tribute to our beautiful mother and to the library and staff who treated her with great respect and affection.”
A brief application form is available on the library’s website (norwoodlibrary.org). Please contact Clayton Cheever at (781) 463-0150 with any questions. Applications are due by Monday July 6, 2026 and they must be submitted electronically to the Director: ccheever@minlib.net.
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