Rent-A-Center Awards $60,000 to 60 Students across the U.S.
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Some of
Program officials said they chose scholarship recipients based on a
number of factors including academic and non-academic accomplishments,
community activities, work experience, and educational and career goals.
Out of the 250 applications, 20 recipients were coworker dependents,
while the remaining 40 were either customers of
"My mother cannot help me with my expenses because of the rent and basic
bills that she needs to pay,” wrote Mercado in an email. “This
scholarship will be used to fill the missing gap for my college
expenses. I am very grateful to receive this scholarship and thankful
for
Scholarship beneficiaries must pursue their first undergraduate degree
at an accredited two- or four-year college, university, vocational
school or technical school in
“Supporting and empowering our customers, their children and our
coworkers’ children is an investment in our future,” said
This year’s recipients were chosen from all
The following is a list of recipients who have given permission for their names to be used in media:
Mikalyia Trice, Abbeville, Ala. |
Terrence Henderson, Phoenix, Ariz. |
Bobbie Hogue, Merced, Calif. |
Marlia Maniatis, Santa Ana, Calif. |
Cheyenne Mahon, Tamarac, Fla. |
Jessica Trosper, Northwood, Iowa |
Lissette Salas Hernandez, Ligonier, Ind. |
Jolivette Williams, Shreveport La. |
Jennifer Moore, Bradley, Maine |
Tyler Gray, W. Farmington, Maine |
Emma Baxter, Randolph, N.J. |
Jada Solomon, Newark, N.J. |
Julia Rushlow, Norfolk, N.Y. |
Harlee Rush, Roseville, Ohio |
Kyla Ibarra, Muskogee, Okla. |
McKenzie Gladney, Roland, Okla. |
Christy Ridolfo, Chalfont, Pa. |
Tyra Johnson, Cordova, Tenn. |
Latoya Johnson, Fort Worth, Texas |
Berenice Hinostroza, Dallas, Texas |
Jason Maynard, Huntington, W. Va. |
Katlynne Hytrek, Saratoga, Wyo. |
Benito Komadina, Jr., Woolwich, N.J. |
Abbigael Denman, The Colony, Texas |
Julia Vasilyev, Frisco, Texas |
Michael Vasilyev, Frisco, Texas |
Shoshana Zhang, Frisco, Texas |
Juan Mercado, Walworth, Wis. |
Giovanni Knight, Chesapeake, Va. |
Logan Matthews, Wilmington, N.C. |
Stephanie Ibarra, Marana, Ariz. |
Applications for Rent-A-Center’s Make-A-Difference Scholarship 2018 begin this December. For more information visit: http://usascholarships.com/rent-center-make-difference-scholarship-program/
A rent-to-own industry leader, Plano,
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Source:
Rent-A-Center, Inc.
Gina Hethcock, 214-801-1424
Public and
Community Relations Manager
Gina.Hethcock@RentACenter.com