Scholarships 2024

Our Scholarship Program
Every two years, Labdara Foundation distributes the ‘Labdara Foundation / Lithuanian Community Association of Toronto (LCAT) Scholarship’.
This scholarship was established by LCAT/Lietuviu Namai, to be administered by the Labdara Foundation, and is intended to financially assist students of Lithuanian heritage to pursue their goals in post-secondary education.
This year, scholarships were awarded to:$2,500 Danius Verbyla, $2,000 Aleksia Vadauskaitė, $2,000 Jacintha Dirmantaitė-Groen in ‘t Woud, $1,000 Aleksa Dirmantaitė Groen In ‘t Woud, $1,000 Joris Meiklejohn. The Selection Committee was made up of the current Labdara Foundation Board President Zita Bersėnas-Cers, former Labdara Foundation Board member Rauda Dickinson and Internal Audit committee members: Genė Kobelskienė and Ed Stravinskas. Congratulations to all the scholarship winners and best of luck in your studies—Labdara Foundation Board of Directors .

Jacintha Dirmantaite-Groen in ‘t Woud is in her 2nd year Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering at Queen‘s University.

Aleksa Dirmantaite-Groen in ‘t Woud is in her 4th year Honours Bachelor of Science, Life Sciences at Queen’s University.

Joris Meiklejohn is in 3rd year Mechanical Engineering at U of Toronto.

Our congratulations on their success and our best wishes for their future endeavors.