How Lucky are We!?

MISSION

The Ken Kelly Memorial Scholarship Foundation is a registered 501c3 committed to empowering students through education. Guided by the values Ken lived by - love, leadership, and family - the foundation provides scholarships to students who have made a difference in the Scituate, MA community and beyond.

Ken was energetic, loyal, and fun-loving and lived life unapologetically. Ken was a born leader and always resolved himself to be a part of the solutions, not the problems. He was vocal - and candid - and always led with confidence.

Ken subscribed to the mantra, “Always treat the school Custodian with the same dignity and respect you would the Superintendent”. This applied to anyone and everyone he met.

Ken was well educated and highly successful in his career, but humble by nature. Ken was always willing to lead and give to others; lending his time and his undivided attention to family, friends, colleagues and athletes.

Ken’s family meant the world to him. He was so open to love, and his family always knew how much they were loved. One of our many goals at the Foundation is to inspire us all to love our family and friends as Ken did.

In 2024, the Ken Kelly Memorial Scholarship Foundation proudly awarded scholarships to 12 extraordinary Scituate High School graduates.  In addition, it also funded a new state of the art Varsity Football and Lacrosse scoreboard at St. Sebastian’s School (to be unveiled on September 20, 2024). This amazing contribution will enable George, a rising Junior at Sebs, to play the sports he loves with his Dad lifting him up. More broadly, all the boys across the Independent School League will feel Ken’s love of sportsmanship, teaming, and hard work for generations to come.  

Scholarships are granted each year in early June. Click here for a list of past recipients.

To learn more about the Annual Memorial Golf Tournament, please click HERE.