{"id":113163,"date":"2026-01-26T19:59:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T19:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/113163\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T19:59:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T19:59:27","slug":"applications-open-now-for-scholarship-in-memory-of-manhattan-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/113163\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications Open Now For Scholarship In Memory Of Manhattan Teen"},"content":{"rendered":"

MANHATTAN, IL \u2014 A local family continues to honor the memory of a Manhattan teen, by awarding a scholarship in his name to Lincoln-Way West High School graduating seniors.<\/p>\n

Shelly Lewis’ son Jackson would have graduated from Lincoln-Way West High School in 2023. The soccer player and avid runner seemed to be a happy kid, his mom previously told Patch, when at just 15 years old he took his own life<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since his death, Jackson’s family has continued efforts to memorialize him in the New Lenox and Manhattan communities, with the creation of the Jackson Lewis Memorial Foundation<\/a> and its corresponding scholarship. Now in its third year, the scholarship will be awarded to three Lincoln-Way West seniors.<\/p>\n

| READ ALSO: Manhattan Family Honors Late Son’s Memory With L-W West Scholarship<\/a> |<\/p>\n

The foundation is a nonprofit aimed at helping to raise awareness for and help combat suicide in kids 18 years and younger. It’s based on three pillars: awareness, education and research. The foundation will focus on kids with mental health issues, offering outreach programs with featured speakers at area schools.<\/p>\n

With funds raised through the Jog for Jackson 5K and other donations, the foundation will award five, $1,000 scholarships to Lincoln-Way West seniors. Applications are available at the Lincoln-Way West High School main office.<\/p>\n

Recipients will be chosen based on writing prompts, grades, extracurricular activities, and community involvement. Applications should be submitted to thelewisfoundation59@gmail.com.<\/p>\n

Deadline to apply is April 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MANHATTAN, IL \u2014 A local family continues to honor the memory of a Manhattan teen, by awarding a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-113163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}