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Canton Dollars for Scholars to Host Flatbread Benefit Night

Written by Mia Tuccillo, CDFS Student Board Member         

Today, only 47 percent of American citizens claim they can afford college. Almost every person otherwise wishes they had the opportunity to attend a university or college.  Education beyond high school, while not necessarily required for a decent life ahead, offers an experience so different from in-classroom learning.  It is so much more than memorizing a textbook or completing a daylong Biology lab.  College opens the eyes of students, preparing them for the joys and opportunities that await them in life.
             
Canton Dollars for Scholars (CDFS), a local chapter of the national organization Scholarship America, has been encouraging and helping students from Canton reach their dreams for education beyond high school for the past 28 years and counting.  CDFS offers scholarships for high school seniors residing in Canton who want to attend two- and four-year colleges and universities as well as vocational and trade schools and certificate programs. Students from public, private, parochial or home-based schools may apply. The CDFS organization strives to help willing students in every schooling situation to achieve their goals and ensure a successful life ahead.            

However, without support from the community, CDFS would be unable to function. For this reason, Canton Dollars for Scholars will be hosting a Flatbread Company Benefit Night to raise funds for CDFS Scholarships for the class of 2013.  This will take place Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at the Flatbread Company at the Shoppes of Farmington Valley, 110 Albany Turnpike (Rte. 44) in Canton. 

From 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. that night, Flatbread will donate $3.50 for every large pizza sold and $1.75 for every small pizza sold, either dine-in or take-out.  Also that night, CDFS will be holding a themed gift-basket auction.  To add to this entertaining evening, students from the Canton High School Jazz Ensemble will be performing.            

CDFS invites you to this night of fun, food, and helping the students of Canton.  Many thanks to Flatbread for making this possible.  We hope to see you there!    


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