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eNewsletter - April 1, 2008
Brian's Foundation
Brian’s Foundation helps students on the road to recovery pay for college. Brian Montes’ family started a foundation in his name that will be awarding two $1,000 scholarships to applicants from a Livonia, Michigan school who have completed at least one year of continuous recovery from addiction.
The foundation is named for Brian Montes, who died of an accidental heroin/fentanyl overdose in June 2006 at the age of 22. He was a Livonia Public Schools graduate and student at Michigan State University studying to be an English teacher. The foundation also gave a treatment scholarship to Dawn Farms, a substance abuse treatment facility in Ann Arbor.
According to an article in the Observer, Brian Montes was a poet and musician. He would have been a great English teacher, his brother Scott Montes said. The foundation's goal is to help someone turn his or her life around.
Brian's mother, Diane Montes, who founded the Livonia Save Our Youth Task Force in the months after his death, suggested the scholarships help someone struggling with substance abuse, Scott Montes said. "It seems like it was the right thing to do."
Funding came from a golf outing the family held last August.
Application packets are due June 15. In addition to completing one year of recovery, an applicant must:
- Attend or have attended a Livonia high school or be a current resident of Livonia.
- Submit a one- to three-page essay describing his/her recovery journey and academic goals and have it signed by a treatment professional.
- Get a letter of recommendation from a professional who can attest to successful participation.
- Supply proof of acceptance to a two- or four-year college or trade school in Michigan.
Click here to request an application packet by e-mail.