Welcome
We were truly humbled by the incredible response this year and are so grateful to every student who shared their story with us.
A special thank you to the Eagle Riders for their continued generosity and support. Because of you, we’re able to keep Shawna’s memory alive by helping students pursue their dreams.
This website is dedicated to a girl that was taken from us way too soon.
“God sent her to us for a short time so that we could enjoy all of the love that she was able to give”.
Feel free to contribute to this site and help it grow into something Shawna would be proud of!
Comments
| 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | Steve | Hi, Shawna | ||
| 2016-04-21 00:00:00 | George | Donations can be sent to:
The Shawna Jean Larassa Memorial Scholarship Fund
126 Nicholas Ave. Boylston, MA 01505
To apply for a Scholarship: Applications are handed out on the day of the annual SJL RIDE only. (Next year on Saturday, August 11, 2018 at the Marlborough Moose) There is no age limit for applicants but you must be present to apply. | ||
| 2026-07-05 10:10:46 | Cindy and George | Congratulations to the 2026 SJL Scholarship Winners! (in no particular order): Kendall Olsen * Juliana Mancini * Isabella Mello * Liam Byrne * Rhianna Perez * Isabella Grady * Maeve LaFreniere * Michaela Menear * Atiana Gonzalez * Aileigh Weatherall * Lucas Abbondanzio Congratulations to each of you! We wish you every success as you continue your college journey. Dream big, work hard, and enjoy every moment. | ||
| 2026-03-07 06:23:17 | Rebekah Battaglia | Is this the right place for a quick check? | ||
| 2026-03-07 09:22:47 | Steve | Not sure what you mean by quick check. This site is monitored. | ||
| 2025-07-29 08:02:38 | Steve | This is a test comment | ||
| 2022-09-17 06:35:25 | Steve | Congratulations to the 2022 SJL Scholarship Winners! (in no particular order): Toni Demore - Art Scholarship in Memory of Gayle Larassa * Alicia Bibi * Maeve McKean * Emily Stone * Korrie Lage * Elizabeth Anderson * Katelyn Fernald * Steven Bonini * Victoria Conway DaSilva * Madison Balvin * Lily Hinton * Sydney Bouvier Olsen | ||
| 2021-11-13 11:26:10 | Steve | Congratulations to the 2021 Shawna Jean Larassa scholarship award recipients! (In alphabetical order) Rori Adams * Madison Balvin * Emily Barry * Alicia Bibi * Steven Bonini * Atheana Hatch * Anna Katsis * Abigail MacDonald * Sabrina Mansfield-Morneault * Kaitlyn Merrill * Angelica Moulton * Jillian Rainville * Karina Vangel | ||
| 2021-07-19 09:16:13 | angel | hi my beautiful little girl | ||
| 2017-06-13 00:00:00 | Steph Gibbs | Steph Gibbs‎ to George E Larassa: I just wanted to share my college success story with you and anyone that sees this . I recently graduated college and have been reflecting of all the people who went out of their way to help me or who have impacted me during my college journey. I couldn't of made it through college without Shawna's Scholarship and I will forever be so grateful. Even though I never personally met her, she has had such a strong impact on me and I wanted to thank not only her but you as well. Without her Scholarship I wouldn't of been able to pay for my college tuition and again I will always be beyond grateful and thankful for it . | ||
| 2016-09-12 00:00:00 | massmsf | *** Congratulations to the 2016 SJL Scholarship Winners!! ***
* Vanessa Pascal * Michelle Briggs * Stephanie Oak * Katie Katsis * Rian Washburn * Austin Clark * Laurie Parmelee * Amy Saunders * Cassidy Pearson * Katherine Finnegan * Stone Teele * Christoper Keenan * Breanna Uhlam * | ||
| 2015-08-25 00:00:00 | massmsf | 2015 SJL Memorial Scholarship winners: * Britt Vermilyea * Breanna Uhlman * Ashley Schofield * Jenn Pinto * Steph Gibbs * Vinny Pascal * Tina Russell * Vanessa Marie Pascal * Betty Zina * Stone Teele * Taylor Brothers * Kyle Kinz * Kat Finnegan * Tyler Bradway * Ivan Cobie Mischenko * Marissa Flynn * Anthony Gemma * Emily Mae Abbott * Kassie Abbott * Sabrina LaDeau * Brittany Danforth * Stephanie Young * Kuiana Moisan * Dillon Kurzontkowski * Sam Kurzontkowski * Daniel Dilling * Marnie Cormier * Samantha Cousens * Krystal Ducote-Sadowski * Casey Phillips * | ||
| 2015-08-11 00:00:00 | George | Be for warned, this post might be a little long I will try to keep it to a minimum though. Because I have already thanked a lot of people in person for what they have done to make Shawnas ride a success. Here goes. ..... I would like to take this moment to say thank you. Thank you to the people who came to the ride and show this support thank you to the people who could not make it but yet still showed support. Thank you to the Mallboro Police Department and thank you to the other police departments that were involved in this making it a safe ride. thank you to every single motorcyclist that came to the ride thank you to the people that came to the ride without any of you I couldn't do it. Thank you to everybody who she had this event on thee page in person or through word-of-mouth. Thank you to every single volunteer that help make this a safe event. I want to thank Matthew and all of his staff from the westenfer I want to thank the people that cooked over the hot grill. In to the people behind the scenes working with Matt To the vendors that came to the ice cream man that came to the Mallboro moves that helped with this event. To the people that were there to help clean up. To the people that helped set up. To the people that took the time away from their jobs so that this could be a success. I want to thank the people that made the calendar A reality and a success and because of it's success with the sales of the calendar. I think will do it again for next year Thank you to the so low riders and the other people that brought a car so that my family could be a part of the ride. Thank you to everybody in their generous donations that they gave so that the money could be raised to send people to school to make a better life for themselves Thank you to my family that came from as far as Colorado ,Texas ,Georgia,New Hampshire , mass. People put their lives on hold to come here because they believed in what I have been trying to do. Shawna as she looked down from the heavens as I hope she did saw what a legacy she has built from the heavens. From all the hard work from start to finish. It was a huge undertaking to get it done with the least bit of complications. Nothing is ever perfect and there's always room for improvement. If there were any issues or if a person has any thoughts or suggestions please feel free to let me know if you have gotten this far in reading my post you'll be glad to know the bike count was just over 330 bikes. And it was probably just over 1000 people. And yes a lot of money was raised because of it so with that being said there are a lot of people that will be getting help from Shawna above. I tried to keep this short and sweet. Please do not be offended if I left out anybody it was not intentional. I wanted to keep it short and heartfelt without making it too long so that you wouldn't read it. And as they say "in a blink of an eye" it's over. Sincerely George Edward Larassa. V | ||
| 2014-09-05 00:00:00 | massmsf | Congratulations to all of the 2014 Shawna Larassa Memorial Scholarship Award Recipients !! Kelsey Azar * Tyler Bradway * Danny Chaves * Marnie Cormier * Kellie Duquette * Katherine Finnegan * Marissa Flynn * Stephanie Gibbs * Mary Jane Hatch * Brett McCulley * Kyle Ouellette * Vanessa Pascal * Cassidy Pearson * Casey Phillips * Alanna Shebak * Breanna Uhlman |