Holly Lynn Love of Chesterfield, Va., is one of six winners of the Dominion Memorial Scholarship Program. Holly, daughter of Joe and Sally Love, will receive up to $5,000 for the 2015-2016 academic year. The scholarship is renewable for an additional three years.
Now in its eighth year, the scholarship fund was established in memory of Matthew Gwaltney, Rachael Hill and Nicole White – students with close ties to Dominion who were killed in the April 16, 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. The scholarships are awarded to children or grandchildren of Dominion employees and retirees. Holly is the daughter of Joe Love, a technical consultant in Petersburg.
Holly is a patient volunteer at Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital and also volunteers at the Salvation Army Men’s Shelter in Petersburg. She has received several awards, including the William and Mary Leadership Award.
Holly graduated from Thomas Dale High School and plans to attend Virginia Commonwealth University in the fall to study nursing. She was selected from among 125 applicants from nine states.