MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scholarship America® is proud to announce that its founder, Dr. Irving Fradkin, is a recipient of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees annual Community Partner for Publication award.
The Greater Fall River Vocational School District Committee of Fall River, Mass. is giving the award in recognition of Dr. Fradkin’s commitment to the Scholarship Foundation in providing funds for students to further their education after high school, and for Dr. Fradkin’s contributions and public service in the Greater Fall River area.
Dr. Fradkin will be celebrated and presented with the award in the Diman Tea Room in Fall River on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. in conjunction with National Career and Technical Education Month.
Dr. Fradkin, an optometrist from Fall River, developed Scholarship America from a simple but profound idea: if everyone in his community gave one dollar to an educational fund, it would be enough to help nearly every student in the community who wanted to attend college. Today, Dollars for Scholars® has developed into the nation's premier non-profit, private sector educational assistance program.
About Scholarship America®
Scholarship America® is a national education service organization that mobilizes support for students getting into and graduating from college. Since 1958, Scholarship America has awarded more than $2 billion in scholarship assistance to more than 1.7 million students. We have three core programs that help us achieve our mission: Dollars for Scholars®, which helps more than 1,100 communities raise local dollars to provide scholarships to local students; Scholarship Management Services®, which helps 1,200 corporations, foundations and individuals give out scholarships around the world; and Dreamkeepers Emergency Financial Assistance program, which helps community colleges keep low-income students from dropping out of school by providing emergency financial assistance. More information is available at www.scholarshipamerica.org.