Sunday, October 13, 2024

ASPSF Declares Finalists for 2024 Excellent Companion Awards

Statewide nonprofit Arkansas Single Mother or father Scholarship Fund (ASPSF) is worked up to share the finalists for its Excellent Companion Awards.

In its second 12 months, this awards program acknowledges the Excellent Philanthropy, Company, and College Companions for his or her distinctive generosity and dedication to single mother or father success.

ASPSF will announce the winners on Oct. 17 at The Lunch Break, the nonprofit’s annual fundraiser in Little Rock at Metropolis Heart. Tickets can be found at aspsf.org/lunchbreak.

Congratulations to the next: 

Excellent Philanthropy Companion Finalists: Edelma Simes of West Helena, Freda Calloway of Monticello, and Mary Kate Snow of Benton.

Excellent Company Companion Finalists: Simmons Financial institution, Southern Bancorp, and Put on & Share Inc.

Excellent College Companion Finalists, Enrollment Over 2,500: Texarkana Faculty, College of Arkansas at Little Rock, and College of Arkansas – Pulaski Technical Faculty.

Excellent College Companion Finalists, Enrollment Underneath 2,500: Arkansas Northeastern Faculty, East Arkansas Neighborhood Faculty, and North Arkansas Faculty

“I wish to lengthen heartfelt congratulations to all of the finalists,” stated Jenn Morehead, government director of ASPSF. “Your help has been invaluable in altering the lives of single dad and mom in Arkansas. We’re impressed by your dedication and the constructive influence you’ve made. An enormous thanks to all of the nominees as properly — you’re all champions of change, and collectively, we’re making an actual distinction in our communities.”

ASPSF accepted award nominations from the neighborhood between July 8-19. A five-person choice committee of ASPSF supporters scored all 40 nominations to find out the highest three finalists in every class. Extra details about the method is on the market right here: aspsf.org/awards.

Along with celebrating the Award winners, The Lunch Break may even embrace inspiring tales from 2011 scholarship recipient Kwami Abdul-Bey, a candidate for Arkansas Home District 69 in Central Arkansas, and 2024 scholarship recipient Briana Boen, a single mother or father pupil engaged on her bachelor’s diploma at Arkansas Tech College. Emceed by Dr. Sherece West-Scantlebury of the Winthrop Rockefeller Basis, the occasion features a zero-waste lunch to put money into a brighter future for all.

A particular thanks to The Lunch Break Gold Sponsors: Baptist Well being, Conger Wealth Administration, Little Rock Public Radio, Simmons Financial institution, College of Arkansas at Little Rock, and College of Arkansas – Pulaski Technical Faculty. A full listing of sponsors is on the market on-line at aspsf.org/lunchbreak. 

For media inquiries or additional data, please contact ASPSF Communications Director Jen Para at jpara@aspsf.org or 501-550-6304.

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