Westlake Ace Hardware Announces Scholarship Program For High School Seniors Guarantees Minimum of Two Customer Winners from Westlake Stores
Westlake Ace Hardware, the largest Ace organization in the United States, today announced their participation in a scholarship program to recognize exceptional performance by high school seniors entering college in the fall. Each of its 78 stores located in eight states are participating in the new national “ACE / GE Sealants & Adhesives Scholarship Program,” but Westlake is underwriting the program with additional funds to guarantee that a minimum of two $2,000 scholarships will be awarded to qualified applicants from its stores.
(PRWEB) March 12, 2004
For the next four years, beginning in the spring of 2004, the Ace / GE Sealants & Adhesives Scholarship Program will award scholarships to qualified high school seniors across the country. For Westlake Ace Hardware customers, this means that at least two scholarships will be awarded to eligible applicants from the Westlake Ace stores, but may result in more if additional applicants are judged as winners in the national program selection process. Applications will be available on the web at www. westlakehardware. com on March 15, 2004.
Howard Elsberry, President and CEO of Westlake Ace Hardware, said, “Westlake was founded on the concept of ‘your neighborhood store,’ and we value this today even as we have grown into the largest Ace organization in the country. By guaranteeing a minimum of two scholarships, and perhaps even more as a benefit of the national program, we are living up to the tradition that local customers living and working near each of our stores are our most important asset and should reap special benefits.”
GE Sealants & Adhesives National Sales Manager Joe Gray commented, “This is an outstanding, first-time-ever opportunity for ACE and GE Sealants & Adhesives to do something that mirrors the strong customer-focused philosophy of both companies. We are delighted that a number of well-deserving high school seniors across the country will benefit from the program as they pursue their higher education goals.”
The ACE / GE Sealants & Adhesives Scholarship Program is open to high school seniors enrolling as full-time undergraduate students in the fall of 2004. Two (2) scholarships will be awarded to a Westlake Ace customer or child of Westlake Ace customer, in May 2004, with the first installment of the award in September 2004. Limit one per applicant.
The scholarship program is administered by the independent firm of Scholarship Program Administrators located in Nashville, Tennessee. Applicants will be able to download the application beginning March 15th with all materials required to be postmarked by April 1st. Program information and eligibility requirements are available now at www. WestlakeHardware. com.
