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The Scholar News and Notes from Scholarship America ® Spring 2008 The Scholar is a publication of Founder Dr. Irving A. Fradkin President and CEO Dr. Clifford L. Stanley Board of Trustees Richard J. Schwab, Interim Chair Mim Schreck, Secretary Kay M. Marquet, Treasurer Michael J. Ryder, Clerk Judith Allen Treasa Bowers Thomas L. Cardella Timothy A. Christensen Suzanne Huffmon Esber Richard L. Ferguson Tina Lee Barbara B. McBee Paul M. Ostergard, Esq. Wintley A. Phipps Paula Prahl Robert B. Rasmussen Michael D. Ryan Seema Shah Philip J. Webster, Chair Pro Tem Editor Matt Konrad The Scholar is sent to Scholarship America’s donors in April, August and October. If you wish to be removed from the list, change your address, or submit ideas, please contact Matt Konrad at mkonrad@ scholarshipamerica.org, 952-830- 7306, or c/o Scholarship America, 1550 American Blvd. E., Suite 155, Minneapolis, MN 55425. Student Entrepreneurs See The Big Picture In Providence, Rhode Island— coincidentally, home of Scholarship America’s first national headquarters— one group of high school students has found a uniquely delicious way to give back to Dollars for Scholars. Students at the Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center (the MET, to its students and faculty) first developed the idea for the Big Picture Soda Company in an entrepreneurship seminar in 2005. It might have remained theoretical, until students Yesenia Mercado and DJ Hall, along with MET cofounder Dennis Littky and teacher Bill Daugherty took the challenge of turning their idea into something with tangible results. The eleven students on the first Big Picture Soda Company management team embarked on developing a flavor (pineapple/passionfruit eventually won out), finding a bottling company, creating a brand and finding sales outlets. By early 2007 they’d gone from a class project to a startup soda company, found themselves profiled by PBS and the Providence Journal, and pounded the pavement to get retail space in more than two dozen area stores, including both local Whole Foods locations. The MET High School students in charge of the Big Picture Soda Company gather around their new product display in the Providence, RI Whole Foods store. (Photo courtesy Big Picture Soda Co.) And this March, they’ve announced a culmination of their first successful year, donating $2,000 in profits to MET Dollars for Scholars. In addition, the company’s young executives are not only planning on keeping Big Picture Soda going strong, but hope to expand both the company and their donations to Dollars for Scholars. In the backyard of Scholarship America’s original chapters, these young entrepreneurs provide just one more example of how community-based efforts can help ensure access to postsecondary education for themselves—and well into the future. To learn more about Big Picture Soda Company, visit bigpicturesoda.org. Scholarship America’s Minneapolis office has moved! Please note our new mailing address: Scholarship America, 1550 American Blvd. E., Suite 155, Minneapolis, MN 55425. Phone numbers and e-mail addresses remain the same. 6 scholarshipamerica.org
News and Notes from Scholarship America ® Spring 2008 The Scholar A Look Around Scholarship America’s Regions As always, Scholarship America’s seven regional offices have been busy working with Dollars for Scholars chapters, students and communities around the country this quarter. here’s a look at a few highlights. Iowa Dollars for Scholars will soon be embarking on a program to start new chapters and strengthen and expand existing ones, thanks to a $10,000 grant from the Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino’s Community Betterment Program, which funds arts, economic development, education and human services throughout the state of Iowa. Iowa Dollars for Scholars representatives Chris Korte, Judi Pierick and Melinda Huisinga (front row, L to R) accept a $10,000 donation from Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino, a longtime donor to the organization. Representing Prairie Meadows are Hector Morales, Ed Skinner, Dolph Pulliam and Dan Byers (back row, L to R). “Iowa Dollars for Scholars is excited and grateful for support from Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino,” said Judi Pierick, Executive Director of Iowa Dollars for Scholars. “Prairie Meadows has been instrumental in helping create much of the Dollars for Scholars legacy that exists in Central Iowa today. Its ongoing support of our mission has helped Iowa Dollars for Scholars to make significant progress in its vision of encouraging post-secondary education attendance for Central Iowa students through strong Dollars for Scholars support.” Just to the east, Illinois Dollars for Scholars has announced the winners of its 2007-2008 Lincolnland Legends Essay Competition, a statewide contest in which high school students can win not only scholarships for themselves, but for their personal heroes to designate to the school of their choice. This year, honorees were nominated from the field of business; the 12 honorees and their student nominators will be feted at a gala banquet at the Lincoln Museum in Springfield on April 5, with the winning essay writer receiving a total of $10,000 in scholarship money. Indiana Dollars for Scholars is also gearing up for the spring awards season; the winners of the Hoosier Heroes essay contest have just been announced, and the region is also taking nominations for its annual Chapter Awards, honoring the best Dollars for Scholars chapters from across the state. For more information on either program, visit indianadollarsforscholars.org. Elsewhere, Northwest Dollars for Scholars will be hosting Light the Fire for Education, its annual fundraising gala, on May 8 in Seattle, raising funds for Dollars for Scholars chapters across Washington and Oregon. Finally, Dollars for Scholars chapters across the country recently received the 2008 Collegiate Partners Directory, a listing of the more than 500 colleges, universities and trade schools that have partnered with Scholarship America to maximize Dollars for Scholars aid on their campuses. To find out more about this important aspect of regional support, visit scholarshipamerica.org and search for schools, download the directory, or find more information on how your local students can make the most of their financial aid. scholarshipamerica.org 7
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