The Promotional Products Education Foundation (PPEF), Irving, Texas, recently awarded $100,000 in scholarships to 97 promotional products industry employees or their children.
The recipients, who demonstrated remarkable academic achievement, extracurricular participation and community service, will each be awarded between $1,000 and $5,000 to support their college educations.
PPEF, a nonprofit founded in 1989 to recognize and encourage scholastic ability and academic performance among promotional products industry employees and their children, has awarded more than $1 million in financial assistance to more than 678 recipients. Funded by Promotional Products Association International (PPAI) and donations from the promotional products industry, the scholarship program enables youth and professionals to continue their education on a collegiate level.
The scholarships PPEF offers include: the Four-Year College Scholarship for Academic Excellence and Achievement ($4,000; recipient awarded $1,000 annually for four years); the Chairman’s College Scholarship ($5,000; recipient awarded $2,500 annually for two years); the Vincent J. Arena Scholarship ($1,000, nonrenewable); the Castelli North America Inc. Scholarship ($1,000, nonrenewable); the Eugene P. Cesario Scholarship ($1,000, nonrenewable); the Friends of PPMN Scholarship ($1,000, nonrenewable); the Glen Holt Scholarship ($1,000, nonrenewable); the George C. Matteson, Jr. Scholarship ($1,000, nonrenewable); the Janelle Nevins Scholarship ($1,000, nonrenewable); the H. Ted Olson Scholarship ($1,000, nonrenewable); and the One-Year College Scholarship ($1,000, nonrenewable).
For more information, visit ppef.us. — L.M.
