Suffolk Foundation

05/29/2026

Congratulations to Ethan Caggiano (Smithfield High School) for winning the Hobbs STEM Scholarship! Our fearless leader and board president, Kermit Hobbs, presented this award to Ethan recently, and we're proud to help the Hobbs family with this scholarship. If you're interested in partnering with the Suffolk Foundation for a scholarship to help students, call us! 757-923-9090.

05/28/2026

Congratulations to Sofia Paz, Lakeland High School (Suffolk, VA) Class of 2026, who was awarded the Otha Rountree Scholarship last week by our board member, Vonda Warren-Lilly. Sofia is such an impressive young person and we're honored to help support her education as she starts college at Old Dominion in the fall.

05/27/2026

This young woman!! Could NOT be more proud of Grace Legg, who two years ago was one of our very first recipients of the Obici Healthcare Foundation Career Pathways Scholarship. Grace just graduated with her Associate's in Nursing from Roanoke Chowan and has just passed her licensure exam!!! She's a registered nurse! She is fulfilling her commitment and starts work at Sentara Obici in July. She is one of the hardest working young people we've ever met and she is embodiment of her name, Grace. What an inspiring person. Congratulations, Grace!!!!

05/27/2026

We are very proud to be partners with the GOODZ Foundation to help support their activities in Suffolk, including their book scholarships! It's so amazing to see young alum from the Suffolk high schools come back to their community to give back!

05/27/2026

Congratulations to Wyatt Ellenor (Nansemond River High School) and Owen Bailey (Southampton Academy) for winning the AMADAS Industries Stan Brantley Scholarship! We are very proud and honored to work with AMADAS to administer this wonderful scholarship.

05/26/2026

More amazing scholarship recipients! From left to right: Alanna Cody received the William and Pamela Hill Scholarship; Kaitlin McCleod received the Chuckatuck Volunteer Fire Dept Scholarship; Samir Zahran received the Col. Fred Cherry Scholarship; William Monument received the DiStasio Health Scholarship; and Daniel Wells received the Ossie and Thomas Blair Scholarship. Thanks to our board member, David Miles, for presenting these awards at Nansemond River High School.

05/21/2026

We are so excited to be working with community members to establish a scholarship in memory of Mr. Peachy. What a wonderful way to honor a wonderful man.

New Suffolk scholarship honors late coach and educator Bill Peachy, aiming to raise $25,000 to support local students with financial need.

05/21/2026

Many congratulations to Cooper Bass of Southampton Academy for winning the Obici Healthcare Foundation Career Pathways Scholarship! She's pictured here with Denise Bunn on the Foundation board. This is one of our most coveted awards: $10,000 per year for up to eight years of undergraduate and graduate study for students who commit to practicing health care in Suffolk or Western Tidewater after their education. Cooper will be attending Old Dominion University in the fall to study Exercise Science, and we're so excited to support her education.

We've got two more of these scholarships to award this spring... keep watching our page to meet the other winners! Learn more at www.suffolkfoundation.org.

05/20/2026

Announcing the first two winners of the inaugural Sgt. AJ Parker Scholarship! Congrats to Hannah Smith and Makayla Hayden of King's Fork High School for earning this incredible award, presented last night by Carl Farris and Mayor Mike Duman.

Read more about the Sgt. AJ Parker Scholarship, see the list of our 2026 scholars, and learn about how you can start a scholarship with the Suffolk Foundation at our website: www.suffolkfoundation.org.

04/28/2026

You’re invited! Join us for an informational + networking celebration with the Women’s Impact Fund—a giving circle under the Suffolk Foundation.
Event details
Date: May 6
Time: 6–8 PM
Location: N. Suffolk
Our Mission
“To further facilitate and develop philanthropy among women to address the needs of women and/or children in the City of Suffolk and Western Tidewater.”
Connect with experienced, successful, and community-conscious women in Suffolk and the Western Tidewater area. Whether you’d like to be an active leader or provide vital financial support, there’s a place for you here.
Interested in attending our May social or learning more?
Email: [email protected]
RSVP / Questions: Send us a message or email [email protected]