Les Butterworth Scholarship and Bursary Awards Dinner
October 01, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Thursday, September 26th, Local 500 held its annual Les Butterworth Scholarship and Bursary Awards Dinner at RBC Convention Centre. Congratulations to our 2024 recipients and all the best in your future endeavors!
Our scholarship and bursary recipients(L-R): Celina Casiano, Athena Singh, Andrea Ramiro, Motunrayo Abunsanyo.
Local 500 congratulates 2024 scholarship and bursary winners
The rising cost of post-secondary education remains a challenge for many working families. To help make education more accessible, Local 500 sponsors an annual scholarship and bursary program for our members and their families.
The Local 500 scholarship and bursary fund was established in memory of Les Butterworth, a past education representative for CUPE. Les dedicated his life to making this a better world for working people.
This year, the Les Butterworth Scholarship and Bursary Program awarded one scholarship of $2,000 and three bursaries of $1,000. The scholarship is awarded on the basis of academic achievement and the bursaries are awarded for high marks and financial need.
“Being able to help our members and their families further their education is very important to our Local,” said CUPE 500 President Gord Delbridge. “I want to congratulate all of the recipients and wish them all the best in their studies.”
This year's award recipients are:
Scholarship
Celina Casiano will be enrolling into the Faculty of Science at the University of Manitoba. Celina works in the Community Services Department at the City of Winnipeg.
Bursaries
Motunrayo Abunsanyo is enrolled is taking Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Manitoba. Motunrayo works in the Community Services Department at the City of Winnipeg.
Andrea Ramiro is enrolled in Pre-Law in the Faculty of Pre-Professional Studies at the University of Winnipeg. Andrea's mother works in the Civic Services Department at the City of Winnipeg.
Athena Singh will be enrolling in Biology with the Faculty of Science at the University of Winnipeg. Athena's father works for the Water & Waste Department at the City of Winnipeg.
Local 500 wishes to thank all who applied. The 2025 program will open in May. Watch for more information.
