Amvets Announces 2012 Scholarship Winners

RECIPIENTS INCLUDE VETERANS, MILITARY FAMILY MEMBERS AND GRADUATING SENIORS

LANHAM, MD., June11, 2012— AMVETS, America’s pre­mier vet­er­ans ser­vice orga­ni­za­tion, recently announced its 2012 AMVETS National Schol­ar­ship Pro­gram winners.

AMVETS National Com­man­der Gary L. Fry called the AMVETS National Schol­ar­ship Pro­gram an impor­tant com­po­nent of the National Pro­grams Department’s offer­ings to the vet­er­ans’ community.

“Car­ing for our vet­er­ans, their fam­i­lies and the com­mu­ni­ties in which they live is our core mis­sion,” said Fry. “AMVETS is proud to carry on that tra­di­tion by help­ing those who serve and their loved ones to reach their edu­ca­tional goals and bet­ter pre­pare them for mean­ing­ful, last­ing careers where they live.”

Grad­u­at­ing high school seniors selected to receive four-year under­grad­u­ate schol­ar­ships of $4,000 are Ash­ley Con­nor, Black­wood, N.J.; Peter Dorsey, Pitts­burgh, Penn.; Ash­ley Mar­tin, North Charleston, S.C.; Jared Ford, Kins­man, Ohio; Michael Zink, Tyler, Texas; and Amanda Stub­ble­field, Reed­sport, Ore.

Grad­u­at­ing high school senior Gary Hardy, Naples, FL was selected as the $1,000 schol­ar­ship win­ner of the JROTC scholarship.

Vet­er­ans selected to receive four-year under­grad­u­ate schol­ar­ships of $4,000 are Andrew White, Long­wood, Fla.; Ryan Ack­er­man, Man­hat­tan, Kan.; and Lucas Mohr, Racine, Wis. Vet­er­ans Anthony Skid­more, Beloit, Kan.; and LaVelma Lind­sey, Birm­ing­ham, Ala., were each selected to receive a $3,000 Memo­r­ial Schol­ar­ship in the name of Dr. Aure­lio M. Caccomo.

Win­ners were selected on the basis of aca­d­e­mic excel­lence and finan­cial need. Since its incep­tion in the 1950s, the AMVETS National Schol­ar­ship Pro­gram has awarded more than $2 mil­lion in schol­ar­ships to vet­er­ans and grad­u­at­ing high school stu­dents who are sons and daugh­ters or grand­chil­dren of Amer­i­can veterans.

For more infor­ma­tion about the AMVETS National Schol­ar­ship Pro­gram, visit www.amvets.org/programs.

About AMVETS:    

A leader since 1944 in pre­serv­ing the free­doms secured by America’s armed forces, AMVETS pro­vides sup­port for vet­er­ans and the active mil­i­tary in procur­ing their earned enti­tle­ments, as well as com­mu­nity ser­vice and leg­isla­tive reform that enhances the qual­ity of life for this nation’s cit­i­zens and vet­er­ans alike. AMVETS is one of the largest congressionally-chartered vet­er­ans’ ser­vice orga­ni­za­tions in the United States, and includes mem­bers from each branch of the mil­i­tary, includ­ing the National Guard and Reserves. For more infor­ma­tion, visit www.amvets.org.