from the Harness Horse Youth Foundation

Westfield, IN — In a winner’s circle presentation during the Thursday (Dec. 29) race card at The Meadowlands, Martin Scharf will present the 2016 Gallo Blue Chip Scholarships to Garrett Chellis and Natalie Martuscello. The scholarship is administered by the Harness Horse Youth Foundation.

Chellis, of Honesdale, Pa., will receive a $15,000 Gallo Blue Chip stipend. The son of Drew and Wendy Chellis, Garrett attends Millersville University of Pennsylvania, where he studies Technology and Engineering. He graduated from Commonwealth Connections Academy with a straight-A report card. In addition to helping in his parents’ stable, Garrett has worked as a carpenter second, assisting in various aspects of the trade. He hopes to combine those skills with his college education to become a teacher.

Natalie Martuscello will receive a $5,000 Gallo Blue Chip scholarship from Scharf and HHYF. A resident of Latham, N.Y., she studies Psychology and Neuroscience at Temple University. She graduated this spring from Shaker High School and was named to the honor roll. She has a long resume of extra-curricular and volunteer activities, ranging from cheerleading, to attending leadership conferences, to working with a regional food bank.

The HHYF has posted applications for the 2017 Gallo Blue Chip Scholarship and its other scholarships at the website, www.hhyf.org.

Celebrating 40 years of youth education and service to harness racing, the Harness Horse Youth Foundation is a charitable 501(c)3 organization dedicated to providing young people and their families educational opportunities with harness horses, in order to foster the next generation of participants and fans. The Foundation makes a difference in young people’s lives through interactive learning experiences with these versatile animals, scholarship programs, and creation and distribution of educational materials.

For more information on opportunities through HHYF, or to support its mission, go www.hhyf.org.