Belli Memorial Endowment
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The John, Lynne, and Nicole Belli Memorial Endowment Fund is made possible by the generosity of the Belli family, who experienced the tragic loss of their son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter in a horrible automobile accident in Atlanta on January 26th, 2001.
Lynne Belli and 15-month old, Nicole, died instantly as their vehicle burst into flames. John Belli, who was driving, held on for 11 days with burns over 75 percent of his body before succumbing to his injuries.
John’s parent’s, Roy and Sara Belli, through their generosity and commitment to help burn survivors in need have provided a one million dollar endowment to the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation (GFBF) to provide both educational and psychosocial assistance to individuals who have experienced a severe burn injury.
Their benevolence provides hope, encouragement, and opportunity to burn survivors throughout Georgia. The GFBF recognizes the value of this generous gift to help fulfill our mission to partner with the fire service and burn care community to provide fire safety and prevention education, support medical facilities and assist burn survivors in their recovery.
The John, Lynne, and Nicole Belli Memorial Endowment Scholarship Fund provides assistance for students who are planning to attend or who are currently attending accredited universities, colleges, and technical colleges
Important
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Deadline Information
Applications must be submitted online by 11:59pm on the respective deadlines for consideration (March 22, 2019–Spring application or September 20, 2019–Fall application). Applications received after the deadline will be considered the following application period.
PLEASE NOTE: All supplemental application materials the applicant is responsible for (e.g. essay, invoice/billing statement, acceptance letter/enrollment verification, verification of burn injury, and release and agreement signature form) must be submitted at the same time.
Options include:
- Uploaded at the end of the online application. Only PDF, Word, Excel, or JPEG files will be accepted. Maximum file size is 128MB. If online, materials must be submitted by 11:59pm on March 22 (spring application) or September 20 (fall application).
- Mailed to the GFBF office. If mailed to the GFBF office, materials must be postmarked on or before on March 22 (spring application) or September 20 (fall application).
All other supplemental application materials (e.g. transcripts and letters of recommendation) should be mailed to the GFBF office and postmarked on or before on March 22 (spring application) or September 20 (fall application) directly from the institution or individual.
Notification letters will go out on or before April 26, 2019 (spring application) and October 25, 2019 (fall application). Scholarship recipients will be recognized on the GFBF website.
Application and Supporting Documents
If you have any questions please contact McKenzy Williams at (404) 320-6223 or mwilliams@gfbf.org.
The Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation, Inc. does not discriminate in any manner contrary to law or justice on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, veteran’s status or national origin in its programs or activities.