PEOPLE'S TRUST FOUNDATION AWARDS $15,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS
July 30, 2012
People’s Trust Foundation is happy to announce the four winners of the 2012 Betty L. Bukowski Financial Literacy Scholarship. Open to members or children of members, the winners were selected from a pool of seventeen applicants based on their GPAs, standardized test scores, extracurricular activities, recommendations, and a 500 word essay describing how the recent economic downturn will affect them as a young adult going to college and how, through financial literacy, they can overcome those negative roadblocks in their future.
The following students each received a $2,500 scholarship: Justin Goodall, Willis High School; Jessica Hand from St. Pius X High School; Thomas Fuller, Stratford High School; and Michelle Lee (not pictured) from St. Agnes High School.
This is the first year that the People’s Trust Foundation awards the Patricia L. Garcia Memorial Continuing Education Scholarship, in memory of the their Executive Vice President who passed away in 2011 after losing her battle with cancer. “Pat was a strong believer in higher education and would be extremely proud to have her name associated with this scholarship” states Linda Birt, Executive Director of the Foundation. The recipient of this $5,000 award is Katherine Walker, a sophomore at the University of Miami majoring in Industrial Engineering.
People’s Trust Foundation was established in 2006 to advance financial literacy and economic independence among Houstonians. The Foundation offers financial literacy classes and seminars to residents of all socioeconomic backgrounds in the Greater Houston Area. For more information, please visit www.peoplestrustfoundation.org.
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