Livonia, MI�
Co-op Services recently awarded a total of $14,000 in scholarships to seven 2014 graduating high school seniors in metro Detroit.� The credit unions scholarship program, celebrating its 20
th year, was established to honor longtime Co-op Services volunteers and to recognize outstanding students, who are credit union members.� Co-op Services has awarded nearly $200,000 in scholarship funds since the program began.
Scholarship recipients and their parents were honored at Co-op Services 59th annual membership meeting in March.
"This scholarship program honors our founders and volunteers whose vision of helping members achieve their dreams is very much alive today," said Lisa Fawcett, vice president of marketing for Co-op Services.� "We are proud to help these outstanding graduating high school seniors further their education and realize their dreams."
Co-op Services Credit Unions 2014 scholarship recipients include:
- Margaret "Maggie" Wilk, Novi High School, Novi $4,000 Al Williams Scholarship
- Kayla Dempster, Ladywood High School, Livonia $4,000 Harlan Richardson Scholarship
- Monica Prasad, Salem High School, Canton $3,000 Dutch Farr Scholarship
- Eric Smorch, Grosse Ile High School, Grosse Ile $1,000 Mark Stroebel Scholarship
- Sarah Drongowski, Gabriel Richard Catholic High School, Riverview - $1,000 Margaret Kremer-Hehman Scholarship
- Madison VanGelder, Avondale High School, Auburn Hills - $500 William Allen Scholarship
- Jessica Trionfi, Allen Park High School, Allen Park $500 James Cullimore Scholarship
Beginning in November 2014, applications and details about the 2015 scholarship awards will be available on Co-op Services Credit Unions website,
www.cscu.org.
Headquartered in Livonia, Co-op Services Credit Union has more than 51,000 members and maintains eight full-service branch offices in metro Detroit. Members also have access to more than 3,000 shared branches and nearly 28,000 ATMs nationwide.� Member deposits are insured to $250,000 by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), a U.S. government agency. For more information about Co-op Services, visit the credit union web site at
www.cscu.org or call 800.321.8570.
