Warren and Claire McNally Foundation​

The Foundation supports two annual scholarships awarded to 8th grade students at St. Aidan School, who have shown outstanding effort in their academic studies and service to their school, thus depicting my parents’ qualities of perseverance and strength of character. The foundation also supports other charitable causes within the St. Aidan School community which carries on their legacy.  

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the Foundation has awarded over $34,000 in scholarships, and it has sufficient funds to support the two scholarships for several years to come.

​The Claire McNally Award Recipients:
1997 – Jason Gentile and Kelly Tahany
1998 – Daniel Colabello and Lauren Francis
1999 – Kaitlyn Kenny and James Strong
2000 – William Batterson and Amy Morais
2001 – Andrew Breen and Kathleen Worth
2002 – Heather Abbate and Michael DeMarco
2003 – Stephen McEnery and Stacey Morais
2004 – Melissa Brewi and John Magliocco
2005 – Jessica Jost and Daniel McEnery
2006 – Elisabetta Cesare and Justin D’Angelo
2007 – John Reali and Jade Murphy
2008 – George Jaronczyk and Alison Urkiel

The Claire and Warren McNally Award Recipients: 
2009 – Matthew Byrnes and Lina Trovato
2010 – Brendan Duggan and Karla Portela
2011 – Marissa Ferraro and Brian Keane
2012 – Grace Arnold and Stephen Martone
2013 – Aileen Higgins and Nicholas Paternostro
2014 - Sarah Ruane and Sean O’Kelly
2015 - Pauline Sanchez and Quinten Murphy
2016 - Chloe Tropea and Liam Cooke
2017 - Brynn Nelson and Christopher Marotta
2018 - Alanna Pettinatto and Conor O’Keefe
2019 - Sophie Zakovic and Declan Callahan
2020 - Camille Sylvia and Dylan Ehrmann
2021 - Matthew Forte and Patricia Dorrian
2022 - Julie Rosellon and James Watkins 

​2023 - John Conroy and Samantha Devaney 

Some Quotes from Scholarship Recipients: 

​"I can’t begin to describe how much I truly appreciate this. It’s going to make a huge difference to my high school experience and I plan to work very hard to succeed academically because of it. I am extremely grateful and I will try my best to honor your parents.” 0

"I am extremely honored to be on of this year’s recipients of the award. I was thrilled to find out that my hard work has paid off, and I greatly appreciate your support…I am honored by your confidence in my abilities.” 

"As I continue my education at OLMA, I will dedicate myself to my studies and service in honor of your parents. I will forever carry with me the generosity of The Warren and Claire McNally Foundation and will always be thankful for your belief in me.”

“I am extremely honored to have been chosen for your scholarship…While I did not personally know your parents, I know the spirit of this award is to acknowledge outstanding academic studies, perseverance, and strength of character. Knowing this, I’m sure your parents treasured these traits. While attending Chaminade High School, I will do my best to honor this scholarship and your parents’ intentions for it.”

 "I wanted to thank you for the generous award that you have given me. Being acknowledge like this inspires me to work harder and be a better person.”

“I am honored to have gotten this award and to understand how much it means to your family. I was overfilled with Joy when my name was called to receive the award because I understand what a great meaning this award has…It really meant so much to me and I will never forget your generosity.”​​