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Adam McCabe is the recipient of the
Buckeye CableSystem/Telemundo Scholarship
TOLEDO, May 21, 2008: The Board of Trustees of the Toledo
Community Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce that Adam
McCabe of West Toledo is the recipient of a $1,500
Buckeye CableSystem/Telemundo Scholarship. This scholarship
provides an annual, one-time award for graduating high school
students of Hispanic heritage who are permanent residents of
Buckeye CableSystem’s Toledo service area to attend an
accredited post-secondary institution of their choice.
Mr.
McCabe will graduate this month from St. Francis de Sales High
School and will attend The University of Toledo this fall where
he will major in Pharmacy.
While
at St. Francis de Sales High School, Mr. McCabe was a member of
the Teen Institute, Latin American Student Support Organization
(LASSO), and a tutor. His community service involvement includes
participating as a tutor at Grace Community Center and the Y.E.S.
(Youth Elect Service) project.
The
Scholarship was established by Buckeye CableSystem and Telemundo,
one of the Spanish-language networks carried on Buckeye.
Scholarship applicants are required to have a minimum 2.5
cumulative GPA and submit an essay addressing the theme “I’m
Proud to be a Hispanic-American in Ohio.”
Buckeye CableSystem serves more than 130,000 customers in the
greater Toledo area, offering some 265 digital, high-definition,
and analog channels of entertainments and information. The
locally owned firm also offers Buckeye Tel, residential
telephone service, and Buckeye Express high-speed Internet
access.
Applications for the Buckeye CableSystem/Telemundo Scholarship
of the Toledo Community Foundation are available through the
Guidance Departments of high schools in the Buckeye CableSystem
Toledo service area, generally after the first of the year.
Scholarship awards are announced in April.
For
further information about the Foundation’s Scholarship program,
please contact Joanne Olnhausen at the Toledo Community
Foundation at 419-241-5049 or visit
www.toledocf.org. |
