There are a couple of excellent news items we're pleased to announce this week; click the headlines to download the full press release!
* Scholarship America Recognizes Select Dollars for Scholars Volunteers with National Award
Scholarship America honored five Dollars for Scholars volunteers during fiscal year 2009 by presenting them each with the National Honor Roll award, which recognizes volunteers who are instrumental in successfully guiding the course of their local chapter in a significant and beneficial way.
Marie Landino from Woburn High School Scholarship Fund in Woburn, Mass. was selected to receive the Award in September 2008. Susan Nocella, Margaret Gagnon, and Lynn Ebrecht, also from Woburn High School Scholarship Fund, as well as Joan Bonsignore from Island Trees Dollars for Scholars in Levittown, NY, received the award in June 2009.
* Scholarship America and Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities Announce Strategic Partnership to Improve the Lives of Youth
Scholarship America and Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities (BBBS) have forged an important partnership in support of Twin Cities’ youth. This partnership will link the services that both organizations currently provide to youth, to assure that a greater number of Twin Cities students have access to a continuum of services that will help them succeed from elementary school through postsecondary education and beyond.
“This partnership is an important step in providing holistic services to youth as they make their way from secondary education to postsecondary education and beyond,” says Dr. Clifford L. Stanley, President & CEO of Scholarship America. “Working together, we can assure that students understand that they, too, have access to postsecondary education.”
* Scholarship America Recognizes Select Dollars for Scholars Volunteers with National Award
Scholarship America honored five Dollars for Scholars volunteers during fiscal year 2009 by presenting them each with the National Honor Roll award, which recognizes volunteers who are instrumental in successfully guiding the course of their local chapter in a significant and beneficial way.
Marie Landino from Woburn High School Scholarship Fund in Woburn, Mass. was selected to receive the Award in September 2008. Susan Nocella, Margaret Gagnon, and Lynn Ebrecht, also from Woburn High School Scholarship Fund, as well as Joan Bonsignore from Island Trees Dollars for Scholars in Levittown, NY, received the award in June 2009.
* Scholarship America and Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities Announce Strategic Partnership to Improve the Lives of Youth
Scholarship America and Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities (BBBS) have forged an important partnership in support of Twin Cities’ youth. This partnership will link the services that both organizations currently provide to youth, to assure that a greater number of Twin Cities students have access to a continuum of services that will help them succeed from elementary school through postsecondary education and beyond.
“This partnership is an important step in providing holistic services to youth as they make their way from secondary education to postsecondary education and beyond,” says Dr. Clifford L. Stanley, President & CEO of Scholarship America. “Working together, we can assure that students understand that they, too, have access to postsecondary education.”
Last week, founder Jordan Goldman of Unigo.com appeared on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, shown on Fox affiliates across the nation; in addition to discussing Unigo's unique services -- college reviews and advice by college students, professors and more -- he also mentioned Scholarship America among the resources that can be found there. To see the video and learn more about the site, check out the video post on The Morning Show's Web site.
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