Robby Hague Memorial Scholarship Fund

Last night we awarded four exceptional young men and women the Robby Hague Memorial Scholarship. Robby was all about learning and to quote Everest Gray, one of the winners “if you want something- make it happen; if you lack the skill - learn”. That just sums it up!!!
From left to right: Jasper Gray, Everest Gray, Emily Martin and Jack Szuba

The scholarship committee is busy reviewing the applications we received for the 2024 scholarship. Applicants are requested to submit an essay regarding their pursuit of auto-didactism, ie self-education. It’s a pleasure to read the essays each year! The scholarship awardees will be announced during the QVHS awards night in May.

Robby’s “Spooktacular” Raffle winners

Box #1 Hope Vaccaro
(includes quilt made by Debbie Hlopek Vincent)

Box #2 Lucy Folino Yacyk
(Includes shawl made by Lee Abercrombie and Halloween jar made by Lynne Monahan)

Box 3 Jessica Whitacre
(Includes table runner made by Debbie Hlopek Vincent)

Box 4 Barb Wytiaz Herman
(Includes mugs made by Debra Williams and mug rugs made by Debbie Hlopek Vincent)

Box 5 Kimberly Kerr
“Shop Around Sewickley”

Box 6 Heather Ponzo
“The Fermata Experience” donated by Debbie and Craig Emmert

THANK YOU to all who supported Robby’s Raffle by donating items, purchasing tickets, sponsoring or making general donations. You don’t know what it means to us to have your love, generosity and friendship while keeping Robby’s memory alive ❤️

These gorgeous, quilted items: a quilt, table runner and “mug rugs” will be included in The Robby Hague Memorial Scholarship Fund’s “Spooktacular Raffle in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place boxes.
They were pieced, quilted and donated by my incredibly, talented friend, Debbie Hlopek Vincent, who is a Quaker Valley Alum.
PLEASE TAKE A CHANCE and buy tickets so you can win these beautiful items, along with an assortment of other items such as wine, gift cards, etc!!
All proceeds benefit Quaker Valley graduating seniors 👩🏻‍🎓👨🏻‍🎓, the athletic programs at QV ⚽️🏈🏀⚾️ and several community charities in the QV school district.
Thank you❣️

The Scholarship Fund is pleased to announce our 2023 fundraiser: A Spooktacular Raffle!! Additional details including background on our scholarship fund and who we have supported are posted here. Note the raffle deadline of October 15!

JJ Veschio and Susie Abercrombie presented the Robby Hague scholarship to Hope Linge, Isabella Murano, and Alex Wagner.

Longtime Riverhounds, Quaker Valley soccer coach Gene Klein dies after battle with brain cancer Gene Klein did not have just an iconic, hall-of-fame coaching career. He lived an exemplary, hall-of-fame life, according to those who knew him best. The former Quaker Valley soccer coach, who was inducted into the WPIAL, Quaker Valley and Pittsburgh Riverhounds halls of fame, died Monday at age 71....

This year we decided to do a Christmas in July Robby Hague Memorial Scholarship Virtual Fundraiser! These are our 3 Christmas-themed packages:
- First prize: Christmas Snuggles (valued at $500+)
- Second prize: Holiday Pre-Season Cheer (valued at $350)
- Third prize: Homerun for Santa (valued at $200)

Winners will be drawn August 1st at 7pm.

Hints for what will be included in the winning baskets to follow!

Tickets are:
- 1 tickets for $5
- 3 tickets for $10
- 10 tickets for $20
- An arm span (30 tickets) for $50

How to Enter:
- Venmo -Abercrombie-1 with your name and number of tickets
- Send a check made payable to the Robby Hague Memorial Scholarship Fund to Susie Abercrombie, 101 Crescent Avenue, Sewickley, PA 15143.

All proceeds will go to the Robby Hague Memorial Scholarship Fund, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. To date, the fund has given 25 scholarships to Quaker Valley graduating seniors, two defibrillators and 40 heart monitors to the Quaker Valley athletic department. Donations are made annually to Sewickley Public Library, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Heart Research, and the American Heart Association totaling over $96,500.

Tuesday evening we presented The 2022 Robby Hague Memorial Scholarship to four outstanding Quaker Valley High School seniors: Markus Frank, Spencer Clifford, Hayden Earlewine and Sara Ruhl. (Also pictured is J.J. Veshio, QV teacher and Robby’s life-long best friend and Robby’s Mom, Susie Abercrombie). They all epitomize a little part of Robby. We are so very proud of them and look forward to seeing their accomplishments in their next chapter of life. Good luck in your college endeavor and make us proud🎓📚

Just under 24 hours until the raffle winners are selected at 7pm tomorrow, Wednesday December 1! It’s not too late if you’d still like to buy tickets. Thank you so much to all our supporters who have bought tickets so far!!

Here’s the info on how to enter the raffle:

Tickets are: 1 ticket for $5.00
3 tickets for $10.00
10 tickets for $20.00
Armspan of tickets (30 tickets) for $50

Venmo -Abercrombie-1 or send a check made payable to The Robby Hague Memorial Scholarship and mail to Susie Abercrombie - 101 Crescent Avenue-Sewickley, PA. 15143.

1st Place - New Year’s Eve Snuggles valued at $500
2nd Place - New Year’s Day Breakfast valued at $350
3rd Place - Flamingling on New Year’s Eve valued at $200
4th Place - New Year’s Eve Fun For All Ages valued at $100

Hint #7 of 8: “A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium - a frenetic flamingo - mangle - a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers flamingo lingo” - Charley Harper

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with loved ones! We are thankful for all of our supporters!

There are just a handful of days left to buy your raffle tickets. Here is clue #6! “Enjoy your popcorn and enjoy the show. It’s just a movie, so have fun!” - Martin Lawrence

Another hint ( #5) to help you guess our New Years raffle packages: A waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap. You should eat a waffle!

Anyone? Did we stump you?

Hint #4!

Guess the New Year’s package as part of our raffle!

Tickets are:
1 ticket for $5.00
3 tickets for $10.00
10 tickets for $20.00
Armspan of tickets (30 tickets) for $50.00

Winners will be drawn on December 1st at 7 pm.

To purchase tickets or make a donation, please Venmo -Abercrombie-1 or send a check made payable to The Robby Hague Memorial Scholarship and mail to Susie Abercrombie - 101 Crescent Avenue-Sewickley, PA. 15143.

All proceeds go to The Robby Hague Memorial Scholarship Fund, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. To date we have given 21 scholarships to Quaker Valley graduating seniors, two (2) defibrillators, 40 heart monitors to the Quaker Valley Athletic Department and to several community organizations totaling over $85,000.

Thank You!!!

Hint #3: Livin’ the Vida Mocha

Try to guess what’s in our 4 Surprise New Year’s packages!

Touching article about our Robby. Thank you for continuing to pay tribute, JJ.

Late friend, coaching mentor serve as inspiration for Quaker Valley's Veshio A best friend and a close mentor were on the mind of Quaker Valley boys soccer head coach J.J. Veshio as he helped lead his team to a WPIAL title on Thursday.

Hint #2

“Life is like a box of chocolates” - Forrest Gump

We are posting hints throughout November to help you guess what is contained within our 4 Surprise New Years packages. See post pinned to our feed for more details including how to purchase raffle tickets!

Hint #1 for our New Years raffle!!!

Homemade quilt courtesy of a very talented, generous 1972 Q.V. alum. Anyone know who it could be??

It is that time of year and we are again doing The Robby Hague Memorial Scholarship Virtual Fundraiser. This year’s raffle will feature four (4) Surprise New Year’s packages:

1st Place - New Year’s Eve Snuggles valued at $500
2nd Place - New Year’s Day Breakfast valued at $350
3rd Place - Flamingling on New Year’s Eve valued at $200
4th Place - New Year’s Eve Fun For All Ages valued at $100

Hints for basket contents to follow through November🎉🍾

Tickets are: 1 ticket for $5.00
3 tickets for $10.00
10 tickets for $20.00
Armspan of tickets (30 tickets) for $50.00

Winners will be drawn on December 1st at 7 pm.

To purchase tickets or make a donation, please Venmo -Abercrombie-1 or send a check made payable to The Robby Hague Memorial Scholarship and mail to Susie Abercrombie - 101 Crescent Avenue-Sewickley, PA. 15143.

All proceeds go to The Robby Hague Memorial Scholarship Fund, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. To date we have given 21 scholarships to Quaker Valley graduating seniors, two (2) defibrillators, 40 heart monitors to the Quaker Valley Athletic Department and to several community organizations totaling over $85,000.