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June_23 - 29, 2009
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South Florida Dducational I'CU awards full-tuition scholarships
cltrring a tinrc n'hcn thc ccononrv is at
RT TEE SfEPI]EflS
thc forcfront of thcir uritrcls."
Sotrth Floricta Ecltrcational Fcclcral
Crcclit
ccl
U
niorr
(FCU
) rccctttlv
an'ard-
ftrll ttrition-basccl Floricla Prcpaid
Collcgt- Scholarships to l5 graclrtating lriglr school scniors cluring alr
2009 South Floricla Ecltrcatiotral
Fcclcral Crcclit Union Scholarship
rccipicnts ancl thcir schools arc: Gino
Agcno, G, Holmcs Braclclock;.f onathart
Castrillotr, Robcrt Nlorgan Edtrcatiottal
bv
Ccntcr; Cotrrtncv Collins, Evcrglaclcs;
\lianri-Daclc Ptrblic Schools strpcritrtt-ndt-nt Albcrto NI. Can'alho.
Carvalho cncotrragcd studcnts to
joscph DcPricst-Capparclli, Nlianri
Strnsct; Kcntrcth Dvchcs, Nlianri
Palnrctto; Ticunotr Ellis, Coral Rccf;
Nlichacl .fanrcs, Nlianti Norlancl;
Vinccnt Lcmotr, Nlianri Palnrctto;
cvcn
ing cctcllrollv
attcnclccl
t:rkt' full advantagc of thc scltolarslrip, calling it a n'innins tickct to
tlrt'ir frttttrc.
Scholar-ship n'ittttc-'r .focl Pcrcz sct
tlrc tollc for thc cvctring n'hctr hc
('xllr(-ssccl his gratittrclc to tltc crcdit
trrrion :rnc[ its boarcl of dircctors statirrq, "lf it n'crclr't for this scholarship,
I n'otrlcln't bc ablc- to zrff'orcl to go to
collt-gc'."
.\ccorcling to thc Natiottal Ccntcr
Ptrblic Polio' atrd Highcr
F,cltrcation, collcgc tttition artd fccs
Ior
Irln't' irrcrcascd,t39 pcrccllt in thc
ll:rst 25 \'cArs, n'hilc tncdian familv
irrconrc- h:rs riscn onlv I47 pcrcctrt.
'l'lris st:rggcring trcttd is ollc of thc
Flo ricla
u'ltv Sott th
rc:rs o rl s
F.ctucat-iorral Fcclcral Crcclit Uniott
( FCLi) has continucd to offcr its
llrrbcrt O. Siblcv Fortr-\car Florida
Prcpaicl Ttrition Scholarship annttallv
Ior thc- past 14 r'cars.
Sincc- 1995, Sotrth Floricla
F-cltrc:rtiorral FCU has an'arclcd 2 t I
sclrolarships, totaling nlorc thatt $2
nr
illiorr.
"()trr nlcllrbcrs atrxiottslv look foru'urcl to orrr lorrg-stancling scholar-
Zachart' IVlartcll, Coral Rccf; lknrilvah
NIillcr, Coral Rccf; I(arina Pcrcira
DaCunha, Coral Gablcs: .focl Pcrcz,
Fclix Varcla; Nlario Robcrts, Bookcr
T.
ashingtoll: Clvdc Stnall, Pcnrbrokc
Pincs Chartcr School, attcl IVIckalla
\4
!'[cr, Evcrgladcs.
To bc c ligiblc for Sotrth Floricla
Ecltrcatiotral FCU's Htrbcrt O. Siblcv
Fotrr-\'car Floricla Prcpaicl Ttritiorr
Scholarship high school sctriors or
thcir parcnt,/lcgal gttarclian llrtrst
havc hacl a Crcdit Uniotr accottltt for
at lcast oltc vcar prior to thc scholarship application dcadlinc.
In adclition to thc Scholarship
Floricla
Sotrth
Prograur,
Pictured (l-r, back to front) are Michael James, Gino Ageno, Joseph DePriest-Capparelli, Vincent Lemon,
Jonathan Castrrllon, Treymon Ellis, Clyde Small, Zachary Maftell, Kenneth Dyches, Joel Perez, Mario Roberts,
Courlney Collrns, Kamilyah Miller, Karina Pereira-DaCunha and Mekalla Tyler.
Ecltrcational FCU is ittt'olvcd irr its
an'arcl n'itrtrittg, "Got Grccll?" fittart-
cial litcracv progrant, paicl high
schooI sumlllcr itrtcntships, attd
carccr fairs to hclp prolltotc thc
importarlcc of dcvcloping profcssional skills in thc rvorkplacc,
"Got Grccn?" \\'orkshops arc availablc frcc of chargc to all Nlianri-Dadc
E
Counn'Ptrblic Schools attd Nlianri
slrip tracliLion," said Stcvc \A'cbb, r'icc
pr('siclcnt of Conrtntttticatiotts attd
Ptrblic Rclations at Sottth Floricla
F-clucation:rl FCU. "[t is grcat to givc
Daclc Collcgc campttscs.
blrck t-o our nlclllbcrs, particttlarlv
<r'o trth ccl
For lllorc infortnatiotr oIl Sotrth
Floricla Ecltrcatiotral FCU's prograllls,
call 305-270-6633 or sctrcl cmail to
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