Credit Union Awards $6,000 in Scholarships to Local Students
August 7, 2014
Warminster, PA Freedom Credit Union recently awarded $2,000 scholarships to three graduating high school students, to use in furthering their educations. To qualify, applicants had to be Members of Freedom Credit Union, and had to submit a copy of their most recent academic transcripts as well as an original, 500-word essay on a pre-selected topic. Scholarship winners will be featured in the October edition of Freedoms newsletter, Financial Focus.
This years winners are:
- Sarah Portis of Abington, PA who will attend Villanova University, majoring in Nursing.
- Blake Champagne of Lansdale, PA who will attend Albright College as a Biotechnology major.
- Jenna Acheson of Warrington, PA who will attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs with a major in Sports Management, and a double minor in Spanish and American Sign Language.
- As a financial institution originally founded to serve teachers and employees of the School District of Philadelphia, Freedom is committed to the value of education, and to helping make post-secondary schooling possible for Members of the Credit Union. Additionally, Freedom provides financial services to students at several Philadelphia-area educational institutions, including Community College of Philadelphia, Gratz College, and Thomas Jefferson University.