Local solid waste company, J. P. Mascaro & Sons and its affiliated entities, have a long
history of supporting educational programs in regions where they do business and of awarding
educational scholarships to students in need.
That history continued in 2013, with Mascaro and its affiliates awarding almost $1.3
million of scholarships to students in 160 schools in Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delaware,
Bucks, Chester, Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, Monroe, Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties,
Pennsylvania.
The Mascaro-related entities that participated in the scholarship awards are J. P. Mascaro
& Sons, the Pioneer Crossing Landfill, American Compost Corporation, and the White Pines
Landfill Corporation.
Speaking to the scholarship awards, Mascaro Director of Education and Community
Relations, Lindsay Mascaro, said, “Because of our company’s business success, it is able to give
back to the community by providing educational scholarship awards to hundreds of deserving
students. Financially helping individuals in their educational development is money wellinvested
in their futures, and is something that we are happy to be able to do as a company and
that we look forward to continuing for years to come.”
Some of the area schools that received student scholarships from Mascaro are Abington
Christian Academy, Bishop McDevitt High School, Visitation B.V.M. School, Villa Maria
Academy, Christopher Dock Mennonite High School, Father Judge High School, Lansdale
Catholic High School, LaSalle College High School, Plymouth Meeting Friends School, St.
Francis of Assisi School, St. Genevieve School, Berks Christian School, Brookside Montessori
School, Devon Preparatory School, Frankford Friends School, Philadelphia West Catholic High
School, Calvary Baptist School, Gladwyne Montessori School, Merion Mercy Academy, and St.
Joseph’s Preparatory School.
For a complete list of the 160 schools that received $1.3 million in scholarship awards,
visit the company website at www.jpmascaro.com.