Dear Ms. Graham,

I humbly thank you for supporting me through the Olga Leichter Graham Mother’s Day scholarship. Your gift is helping me to continue my studies at Hunter College.

In honor of my own mother and her indomitable spirit, I am seeking to improve my prospects in life through higher education. Unfortunately, my journey comes with many trials, such as losing my job and nearly losing my family home. Yet I am determined to set a positive example for future generations of my family. I will persevere and your scholarship will enable me to do so.

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Dear Ms. Graham

I am writing this letter to thank you for your incredibly generous support. Through the Olga Leichter Graham Mother’s Day scholarship, you have truly made my college experience so much easier and have helped my family and me more than you can possibly imagine. I will forever be grateful to you for your assistance.

I started my education at Hunter College in the fall of 1993, but because of wrong choices I made over the years, I have yet to earn my degree. As a result of this. It has been impossible for me to find a good- paying job. I now have two children and am an unemployed single mother, loving way below the poverty line. My only source of income is public assistance. As I sit here looking at my children, I wish I could be doing more for them. I need and want to be a better provider for my kids. They deserve so much more than what I am able to give them now.

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Dear Ms. Graham,

I am writing to you in order to express my absolute gratitude for the generous support that you have provided me through the Mother's Day Scholarship Fund. This scholarship comes at a time where my family has difficulty paying for my education thus, being able to receive support from another person like this is quite moving and I truly cannot express how thankful I am for your generosity.

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Dear Ms. Graham,

I am honored to be one of the recipients of the Mother's Day Scholarship. Thanks to your generous support my goal of becoming the first college graduate in my family is becoming a reality. I came to the United States from Ecuador when I was seven years old. Living in a new country without knowing any English life was very difficult for me. My parents never had the opportunity to receive a good education in Ecuador. They taught me as I grew up that education is one of the most important things in life. Both of my parents have worked very hard to make sure my two younger sisters and I always have what we need to concentrate on our education. Thanks to their hard work I am the first in my family to attend college. I have taken the responsibility to teach my two younger sisters about the importance of receiving a college education and leading them to a bright future.

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Dear Ms. Graham,

I am writing to thank you for your generous support. Through the Mother’s Day Scholarship Fund, you have truly made my college experience so much better and have helped my family and I more than you can imagine. I will forever be grateful for you for your assistance.

Students enrolled in special education are not expected to amount to anything. I am a first-generation Nigerian, so English was not the primary language spoken at home. In the second grade, my teacher thought that I had difficulties communicating with my peers at school. Thinking that it was a developmental issue, I was placed into special education where I remained until the sixth grade. Being in that environment, I started acting out, skipping my homework, and was later diagnosed with ADHD.

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Dear Ms. Graham,

I want to express my gratitude for your extremely generous scholarship. This is a contribution that will help me finish and complete my degree, something that is difficult for part-time and working students to accomplish.

Despite having a difficult childhood, my single mother pushed my sister and I into every opportunity she could. We went to great schools, summer camps, art programs, and much more due to my mother’s hard sacrifices. One particularly rough year, we lived on the street for 3 days before being let back into our apartment. At my previous college, tuition was privatized, and therefore very expensive. After one year I had to drop out. I did not want my college experience hindered and plagued by student loan debt. I knew higher education and a Bachelor’s degree was necessary, but I felt it should not come at such a cost. After almost three years working, I decided it was time to try again. Tuition, while still a challenge, poses less of a threat to education with people such as you, willing to give to those who need the extra help. My mother sacrificed and struggled for so many years, I owe it not only to myself, but to her to finish college and set high goals for my career.

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Dear Mrs. Graham,

I am a student at Hunter College and currently majoring in Human Biology as a senior. First off, I’d like to thank you for allowing me to participate in the Mother’s Day Scholarship. This scholarship has assisted me tremendously in achieving my goals for the future. I plan on graduating in Spring 2021 with a bachelor’s degree and using the knowledge that I obtained throughout my college years to enroll in a DPT program to become a Physical Therapist. I decided that it is in my best interest to attain a career as a Physical Therapist since my passion has always been to improve the quality of a patient’s life. I know that I’m going to encounter a tough and long journey ahead of me but it’s in my best interest to enjoy and appreciate the process.

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Dear Mrs. Graham:

I am currently a senior at Hunter College. I am majoring in Political Science with a minor in African, Puerto Rican, and Latino Studies. By receiving the Mother’s Day Scholarship, my life has greatly benefited. I am grateful to those that would take the time out of their day to think about the college students struggling in school right now. It means a lot to me that kind-hearted people would contribute to my education and the continuing of it.
Currently, my father is a pastor, serving the poor and homeless in the city. This job, while he loves it, does not provide us with much extra income for the necessary things of college, such as books and the technology to keep up with all of the assignments given. By receiving this scholarship, I am able to help my family as well as make sure that I can focus more on my studies.

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Dear Ms. Graham:

I am a sophomore on the road to completing my bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics. My expected graduation date is May 2022 with a total number of 133 credits (or more). Thanks to the scholarship I have been able to attain the classes that I need each semester, and will continue to be able to do so should I continue to be eligible for the scholarship. I am grateful to those that fund the scholarship and for enabling dozens of students such as I to be able to follow our dreams without having to worry about finances.
With this scholarship, I will be saving any leftover money for graduate school. I plan to attain a Master’s degree in data analysis and, hopefully, have a career as a data analyst. Due to your generosity, I have been able to further improve my coding skills through Udemy, a website where I can pay for full classes to work on in my own time outside of college.

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Dear Graham Family,

I want to begin by thanking you for your generosity, as it has allowed students like myself to pursue higher education. To tell you about myself, my sisters and I are the first in our family to pursue a bachelor’s degree. I am a Psychology major with a concentration in Clinical Psychology and double minoring in Media Studies and Asian American studies.

At Hunter, I am a scholar peer leader for the Muse cohort. I advise Muses on various topics from registration for classes to how to deal with stress and being overwhelmed. During this period of online classes, have collaborated with one of my peers and Muse staff to plan "Muse Hour," a one-hour Blackboard Collaborate session every two weeks where Muses can chat and de-stress. Topics for Muse Hour have included a space to vent, quarantine meme reviews, and a virtual lunch gathering.

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