North Syracuse Dollars for Scholars has been active since 1985
Some of those founders were: Henry Fischer, Gerry Sheehan, Auriol Daugherty, Virginia Li Britz, Lis Chisling, and Ed Thornberg.
In June, 1987 two $250 scholarships were awarded . The next year 10 scholarships were awarded.
The North Syracuse Dollars for Scholars decided in 1998 to increase the minimum amount of a scholarship to $500.
North Syracuse Dollars for Scholars has now presented over 3,854 scholarships for over a million dollars.