On Point for College Founder Ginny Donohue to Receive National DAR Education Medal in Whitesboro, Nov. 12
On Point for College runs a Utica office for local students working toward college, and this national honor for its founder will be presented here at home, at an event open to the public.
Ginny Donohue, who founded On Point for College and led it as executive director, will receive the Daughters of the American Revolution's Mary Smith Lockwood Medal for Education on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, at the nonprofit's Utica Celebration, 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Hart's Hill Inn in Whitesboro, the Utica Phoenix reported.
The Lockwood medal is one of the national DAR's Founders Medals and recognizes people who widen access to education. The local Oneida Chapter of the DAR is presenting it; Vice Regent Dr. Mary K. Cardinale will make the presentation.
On Point for College is a nonprofit with offices in Syracuse and Utica focused on helping young people get to and through college.
The public is welcome at the celebration. Ticket prices weren't published; tickets and sponsorships are sold through On Point for College.
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