Kyungsook Petrahai, Prospect
Kyungsook Petrahai first learned about the Foundation more than a decade ago, when she was president of what was then the Naugatuck Valley Youth Symphony. She appreciated the Foundation’s funding of the symphony, but she was also impressed to learn about the many issues the Foundation supports. Recently she served on the LitLinks Committee, the Foundation’s early childhood literacy initiative.
Kyungsook, a retired social worker who lives in Prospect, annually contributes to a fund she established in memory of her husband. She has also included the Foundation in her estate plans. She likes knowing that by leaving a legacy through the Foundation, her support of the community can continue even when she is no longer here to give.
She recently requested that the assets in her advised fund established in 1993 be used to create the Joseph A. & Kyungsook K. Petrahai Scholarship Fund. This permanent endowment fund will be awarded through the Foundation’s Regional Scholarship Program to students attending public undergraduate institutions in Connecticut.
“For me, it’s very gratifying to know that people will continue to benefit, even in a small way,” she said. “It would be difficult for me to do this on my own, but the Foundation makes it possible.”
