Joe McElligott spent four years at Trinity-Pawling on scholarship. McElligott discovered later that his benefactor was Stretch Gardiner \u201940. \u201cIf it weren\u2019t for Mr. Gardiner, I never would have been able to complete four years at T-P.\u201d<\/p>\n
This fall, the Joseph B. McElligott IV \u201902 Endowed Scholarship Fund was established, specifically to assist young men who would be unable to return for their senior year due to financial pressures. \u201cI wanted to help kids fulfill their dream of graduating from Trinity-Pawling,\u201d McElligott explained. \u201cFinancial hardship can strike a family at any time, and creating this scholarship allows me to actually make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n
McElligott\u2019s connection to Stretch Gardiner had deeper roots than he had realized. \u201cStretch was very involved in the Boys Club of New York, and I had been shaped by that organization starting in elementary school. I made the Boys Club basketball travel team in 8th<\/sup> grade and that\u2019s how I found my way to T-P.\u201d<\/p>\n Gardiner became a mentor to McElligott who has worked on Wall Street since graduating from Wesleyan in 2006. The 35-year old alum now models his philanthropy after Gardiner\u2019s example. \u201cI learned to give back after I started joining boards of several nonprofits. I work my butt off to make money not for myself but to use it to help others. I was the recipient of a generous scholarship, and now I want to provide the same opportunity so other boys like me can succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n By cutting that check to Trinity-Pawling, McElligott believes he can have a tangible impact on a young man\u2019s future and honor the institution that shaped him. \u201cThe Advancement Office has said I\u2019m the youngest alum to establish an endowed scholarship fund, but quite honestly, that\u2019s a record I sincerely hope will be broken. I encourage my alumni brothers who have the ability to step up and do the same. It\u2019s an incredible feeling to be able to give back to this school which gave me so much. T-P taught me to set high goals and work diligently to achieve them. My goal is to help others, so I\u2019m headed in the right direction.\u201d<\/p>\n The School tips its hat to you, Joe! Thanks for helping other young men achieve their dream.<\/p>\n by\u00a0Maria Buteux Reade\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Joe McElligott spent four years at Trinity-Pawling on scholarship. McElligott discovered later that his benefactor was Stretch Gardiner \u201940. \u201cIf it weren\u2019t for Mr. Gardiner, I never would have been able to complete four years at T-P.\u201d This fall, the Joseph B. McElligott IV \u201902 Endowed Scholarship Fund was established, specifically to assist young men […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-november-2018"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2381"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381\/revisions\/2403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}