Helping Teens to Stay on Track
In Mariah's honor, the McCarthy family initiated a scholarship fund for students who remain MIP (Minor in Posession) free throughout their high school years.
If you would like to donate to the scholarship fund, 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
If you would like to donate to the scholarship fund, 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
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 |
2009 Mariah's Challenge
Scholarship Winners
Thirty-one 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:
• Danielle Babb
• Susan Bleken
• Christine Campbell
• Kacey Daily
• Maggie Davis
• Lacey Davidson
• Christopher Doyle
• Brianna Dudley
• Hannah Dysinger
• Ann Ellingwood
• Golden Friend
• Jacqueline Graham
• Andrew DeMoney Gross
• Breanna Kuoppala
• Keanne Lambertson
• Danielle Loeffler
• Andrew McElroy
• Casey Norbeck
• Amber Orizotti
• Amanda Powers
• Sydney Reichhardt
• Justin Rowling
• Kelly Sandford
• Nick Scott
• Chris Tarrant
• Jessica Taylor
• Kathleen Thom
• Joseph Torpey
• Tabitha Walks
• Whitney Wallace
• Candice West
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.2010 Scholarship Application
Mariah's Challenge prepares to give $30,000 in scholarships to local seniors
John Grant Emeigh — The Montana Standard 9/19/08
It's time to reward those who successfully took a challenge that was born out of a tragedy less than a year ago. Members of Mariah's Challenge Foundation announced Thursday that they are prepared to give 17 scholarships totaling $30,000. The awards, which range from $1,000 to $5,000, will be given to seniors from Butte–Silver Bow County in April 2009. “This is a follow–up to a promise,” Leo McCarthy said Thursday.
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.