OOIDA scholarship program announces selection of year 2005 OOIDA scholars |
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Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association
Source: PressReleasePoint.com
25 July 2005
(Grain Valley, Mo., 2005)– The Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc. (OOIDA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2005 OOIDA Scholarships. The OOIDA scholarship committee performed blind evaluations of all the applications which came in from all across the country. These five scholars were selected as this year’s recipients. All applicants wrote a 500 word essay titled, “1. List and discuss three positive aspects of the influence of the trucker in your life. 2. How does your choice of an educational goal utilize the strongest attributes of your personality?"
OOIDA scholarships are available for children, grandchildren, and legal dependents of OOIDA members.
Congratulations to this year's winners of the OOIDA Scholarships!
Kevin McCoy
Hewitt, NJ
$2,000
Marcy Bayci
Caldwell, ID
$1,000
Katilin Miller
Loveland, OH
$1,000
Megan Watson
Ada, OH
$1,000
Andrew McHendry
Louisville, KY
$1,000
The OOIDA Foundation, Inc. Scholarship Program has been assisting the children, grandchildren and legal dependents of OOIDA members in their efforts to gain a higher education since 1998. The students are selected in a blind evaluation conducted by the Scholarship Advisory Committee.
Awarded scholarships are renewable for three (3) additional years. Tax-deductible donations to the OOIDA Scholarship Program can be sent to the OOIDA Foundation, Inc., 1 NW OOIDA Drive, Grain Valley, Missouri 64029.
OOIDA, the international trade association of professional owner-operators and drivers, is headquartered in Grain Valley, Missouri. Small business truckers represent nearly half of the total class 7 and 8 trucks operated in the U.S.
Founded in 1973, the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is comprised of more than 162,000 owner-operators, professional drivers, and small business truckers from all 50 states, and Canada. OOIDA represents the interests of this nation's more than 350,000 small business trucking professionals in the legislative and regulatory processes at both federal and state levels.
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