Four years ago, one of our readers, Al Veilleux (above, right) donated the first $500 to start a scholarship in memory of Dan Coady Jr. who was killed in tragic accident on Rt. 495 just a week before our annual BASH in 2018. Each year Al asks that we keep the Dan Coady Memorial Scholarship […]
FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF’S IN, 1 MARKET ST, LAWRENCE. Valley Patriot publisher told the attendees of the 14th Anniversary BASH last month how the Dan Coady Memorial Scholarship came to be. “As I said earlier, our good friend Al Veilleux donated $300 to our scholarship for a Whittier Tech graduate this year, but when he came by […]
The Valley Patriot newspaper is holding our 14th Anniversary BASH on Friday, March 23rd at the Firefighter’s Relief In at 7pm. TICKETS HERE The Valley Patriot gives awards to police, firefighters, veterans, and presents scholarships to worthy high school seniors in the Merrimack Valley paid for by generous donors and advertisers of the Valley Patriot newspaper. […]