ENA Community Scholarship Program

This year ENA is proud to award two $1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors who live in Eastwood.

  • Ben Ayers, awarded the Tom White Scholarship, is graduating from Henninger High School. He plans to major in sports management.

  • Ryan Millay, awarded the Margaret McVicker Scholarship, is graduating from Bishop Grimes. He plans to major in business.

In addition, ENA has, in honor of past ENA president Aaron Wood, donated $1,000 to the Henninger High School Cross Country program to help fund their trip to the Manhattan Cross Country Invitational this fall.

ENA offers three annual scholarships in honor of Eastwood champions:

Margaret K. McVicker, born in 1919, lived her whole life in Eastwood in a house her father built. She graduated from Eastwood High School and raised her family in Eastwood. She was a founding board member of the Eastwood Neighborhood Association. After retirement she wrote two books on Eastwood (the Village Within the City of Syracuse) to preserve the history for posterity. She was considered the "Eastwood Historian" by many. She was responsible for the first Historical Marker for Eastwood at Sheridan Park. She passed away in 2019.

Tom White was a lifelong resident of Eastwood and dedicated employee of the City of Syracuse Parks and Recreation Department from 1983 until his retirement in 2016. He was a leader in the field, passionate for his work in advocating opportunities for recreation and dedicated his life to service on the behalf of others. He was a consummate volunteer, and was a mentor and coach to many, coaching CYO and EYP basketball and baseball and high school basketball. He was a dedicated member and historian to ENA and Bishop Grimes and SUNY Cortland alumni organizations. He was an enthusiastic booster for the creation of the East Woods Skate Plaza. White touched the lives of countless people in the community and is remembered for being positive and optimistic. He passed away in 2021 at the young age of 63.

Aaron Wood was a past president of ENA, a local business owner, husband and father, a Henninger High School graduate, and a fixture in Eastwood. He passed away in 2020 after a battle with cancer.