Helping Teens to Stay on Track
If you would like to donate to the scholarship fund, either use the PayPal donation button on the home page of this Website or please send your contribution to:
Ed Tech Federal Credit Union
Att: Mariah Daye McCarthy Scholarship Fund
Mariah’s Challenge
PO Box 3726
Butte, MT 59701
Leo McCarthy
Jimm Kilmer Scholarship program honors Butte Teen
— Montana's News Station.com 10/3/08
A new scholarship program is available to high school seniors in Butte. The scholarship is in honor of Mariah McCarthy, a ninth grade Butte High School freshman killed in a crash allegedly caused by a drunk driver in October of 2007.
Applications for the Mariah's Challenge Scholarship are available through
| • | Guidance Counselors at Butte High |
| • | Guidance Counselors at Butte Central |
| • | The Butte-Silver Bow Health Department, 25 W. Front St. Scholarship |
2010 Mariah's Challenge
Scholarship Winners
Thirty-eight Butte students were awarded $1,000 college scholarships fulfilling the promise Leo McCarthy made to Butte students during Mariah's eulogy.
This year's recipients are as follows:
• Paula Bartoletti
• Erik Brown
• Whitney Bugni
• Robby Carmody
• Andrea Cocergine
• Marcus Davis
• Lauren DeWitt
• Justin Dunbar
• Shannon Dwyer
• Sean Ferriter
• Destiny Haines
• Jessica Hall
• Katherine Joyce
• Kourtney Kambich
• Keaton Lappin
• Beth Larson
• Cassy Larson
• Amanda Lindgren
• Briene Marinovich
• Jacob McLean
• Shelby Miller
• Matthew Mulcaire-Jones
• Ashleigh Ogolin
• Jule Olivieri
• Austin Ouellette
• Elizabeth Patterson
• Randi Phelps
• Kerry Powers
• Daniel Ralph
• Aubrey Reed
• Justin Robbe
• Amanda Schmidt
• Sara Sprunger
• Kelly Sullivan
• Kevin Wendt
• William Wilde
Mission
The Mariah Daye McCarthy Scholarship Foundation is dedicated to education and the prevention of underage drinking and driving in Montana. The non–profit
organization provides scholarships to students who uphold the foundation's ideals and supports education, events and dialogue in communities that promote
healthy, responsible lifestyles.
Attorney General Steve Bullock
Mariah's Challenge distributes $39,000 in 2010 scholarships
— The Montana Standard 4/27/10
Butte High and Butte Central seniors are sharing $39,000 in scholarships through Mariah’s Challenge and the Mariah Daye McCarthy Scholarship Foundation. The money was distributed April 21 at the War Bonnet Hotel, where state attorney general Steve Bullock was featured speaker. Combined with last year’s recipients, $70,000 has been distributed through the programs, a news release said.
2009 Scholarship recipients
