Congratulations to our 2024 Tom Mooney Memorial Scholarship winners: Jada May and Grace Sheets!
Jada is a student in the Crooksville Exempted Village School District and her mother is a teacher and union member in the same district. Jada plans to attend Ohio University in the fall, majoring in Pre-Early Childhood and Elementary Education.
Grace is also a student in the Crooksville Exempted Village School District and her parents are both teachers and union members in the same district. Grace plans to attend Franciscan University of Steubenville in the fall, majoring in Early Childhood Education.
The Tom Mooney Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in December 2006 to honor late OFT President Tom Mooney's legacy in public education and union work, and to help others pursue his passions for social justice and political action. The Tom Mooney Memorial Scholarship Fund Committee selects an annual Mooney Scholar to receive a $2,000 scholarship. The scholarship is intended to provide an opportunity to a graduating senior from a public high school who plans to pursue a degree in education, history, labor studies or political science. An applicant must be the child of a member (in good standing) of the Ohio Federation of Teachers or the child of any staff person who is employed by OFT or its locals.
Applications for the 2025 Tom Mooney Memorial Scholarship will be open next spring.