SCHOLARSHIPS

Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union, N.Y, has awarded 44 high school graduates a total of $49,500. Recipients were selected based on need and academic excellence. Funded by PSFCU 33 scholarships for $1,000 and 11 for $1,500 were awarded. This year’s recipients include: Blazej Andrelczyk, Joanna Bednarz, Miroslaw Bilinski, Anna Desperak, Timothy Fentress, Mark Goreczny, Peter Grzymkowski, Ewelina Janucik, Krystian Jarosz, Ewelina Eneasz, David Kalita, Michelle Kanaval, Katarzyna Kowalczyk, Carin Kozlowski, Sabina Lazarz, Katarzyna Marciszewska, Norbert Markowicz, Bartosz Mebel, Andrzej Oldakowski, Monika Olechowski, Tomasz Osadnik, Anna Pikul, Paulina Prejbisz, Anna Rosinski, Aneta Skibniewska, Daniel Szwajda, Katrzyna Szyperek, Conrad Tenenbaum, Katarzyna Tyburska, Richard Tyryllo, Andrew Verdon, Rafael Wierciszewski, Eliza Zajkowska, Maciej Flakowicz, Stanislaw Gabryszewski, Anna Jaruga, Jolanta Jozefara, Dominik Kolodziejczyk, Marlena Laszkowska, Karolina Lempert, Patricia Rekawek, Christopher Rekawek, Sylvia Soltys, and Anna Maria Warmuz. United Southeast Federal Credit Union, Bristol, Tenn., has awarded a total of $5,000 in scholarships. In addition to increasing its scholarship awards to get more involved with area youth the credit union hosted its first USFCU Youth Day. Ten youth, ages 17-20, attended a four-hour educational session that included such topics ranging from the Do’s & Don’t of Interviewing, Why Saving is Important and Components of a Loan, to Security & Identity Theft and Consequences of Your Actions.