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Friday's Internet Edition, November 21, 2008.
BMD awards 19 scholarships to college-bound youth
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BMD president Garry Tabor presents the 2008 Steve and Anne Ellinwood Community Scholarships to Galt High School students Jazmin Posas and Nancy Alonso, and to Virginia Menes, the career center counselor from Galt High School who accepted on behalf of Maxmiliano Canales.
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Building Material Distributors, Inc. (BMD) awarded 19 scholarships that were presented by BMD president and CEO Garry Tabor and the Board of Directors at the 17th annual shareholders meeting on April 26 in Galt. Scholarship recipients and their families were in attendance as well.
The scholarship programs are part of BMD’s continued commitment to supporting the young adults of both its employee-owners and of its community.
BMD instituted the first annual Steve and Anne Ellinwood Community Scholarship, which was awarded to three recipients from Galt High School: Nancy Alonso (criminal justice major), Maxmiliano Canales (civil engineering/architecture major) and Jazmin Posas (business major). This scholarship is named in honor of Steve, former president and CEO of BMD and Anne Ellinwood’s dedication to education, highlighted by Anne Ellinwood’s more than 20-year career in public education.
Since 2002, the BMD Mort Broffman Scholarship has presented 89 awards totaling more than $120,000. This scholarship is for full-time college students who are children of BMD employee-owners. This year, 16 young adults were selected based on academic achievement, community activity and citizenship.
The 2008 BMD Mort Broffman Scholarship winners were Raymond Bagwell, DeSean Caldwell, Rigoberto Fonseca, Chelsea Garrett, John Garrett, Adam Garrison, Tiffany Graham, Ryan Johnson, Katie Kime, Alexis LaRose, Christie Liebig, Lindsey Liebig, Jennifer Malagon, Jessica Malagon, Lauren Olsen and Lisa Olsen. The recipients will pursue higher education in business, psychology, medicine, agriculture and other disciplines.
“BMD remains dedicated to serving both our company and community’s young adults with contributions that support education,” said Tabor. “We are very proud of all the scholarship award winners.”
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