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A.E.Robert Freidman Scholarship Committee Report for 2012
Committee consist of Carol Adkins, Steve Scaturro, Steve Baggenstos, Mike Walker, Jim Stelzer.
Our committee was faced with the most applications for assistance with college than we have seen in
many years. We judged 20 applicants of which all were deserving of a scholarship. The way this is done
is that each committee person is mailed the applications and is provided a judge sheet. Each person
does he or she’s judging and then it is sent into National. The National office then registers each score
sheet and sends the final scores back to be discussed within committee. Our job was to narrow it done
to five potential recipients, which was no easy task. Our committee felt that we could give seven
scholarships away this year based on how well our investments had done and also the raffle ticket
proceeds from last year. We are proud to say that this was accomplished.
The scholarships that we provide to these well deserving individuals goes a long way, helping them
complete their education. Our committee would like to thank each contractor that submitted a letter
of recommendation for a student to apply for the scholarship. We incourage all of our members to get
more involved in this process and to continue to fund the program with donations, gifts and purchasing
raffle tickets at the expo or through your regional board member. The more tickets that are sold the
more scholarships we can give away each year and years to come.
I would like to thank each of the committee members for their time and commitment to this program.
Respectfully Submitted
Carol Adkins, Chair
A.E. Robert Freidman Scholarship Committee
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