$8K Gift Continues Funding For West Haven Breast Cancer Scholarship For 25 Years

WEST HAVEN, CT — (Pictured): West Haven High School Principal Robert Bohan, second from left, receives an $8,000 donation from, from left, Mayor Dorinda Borer, Douglas J. Ruickoldt, Doug “the Rake” Ruickoldt and Chairwoman Beth A. Sabo on behalf of the West Haven Breast Cancer Awareness Program on Wednesday to benefit the Susan A. Ruickoldt Scholarship Fund.

The donation was made possible by the annual Dubel’s Golf Tournament, Westies Nutrition and the West Haven Youth Soccer League and will support the scholarship fund for the next 25 years, Sabo said.

Borer, the Ruickoldts and Bohan thanked and commended Sabo for her continuing dedication to the Breast Cancer Awareness Program, including collecting more than $750,000 for breast cancer research and education since the program’s inception in 2000.

The scholarship fund was founded in March 2003 to raise breast cancer awareness in honor of Susan Ruickoldt, who taught third grade at Savin Rock Community School before dying of breast cancer in 1997.

Each spring since 2003, scholarship organizers have awarded $2,000 in Ruickoldt’s memory to a female high school senior from West Haven who plans to continue her education.

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