The
students of today are the business leaders of tomorrow. It is
vital to the success of Burlington's business community that our school
system helps give students some of the skills they will need to
succeed in the business community.
To
promote the importance of entrepreneurial thinking and to recognize achievements
in business-related studies, each
year the Chamber of Commerce gives a scholarship to a graduating student
in each of Burlington's high schools. To qualify for the
scholarship, the student must:
-
have
a background in business studies, stressing free enterprise
-
demonstrate
an application of business principles
-
demonstrate
problem solving, management and leadership skills
-
be
a graduating student
The
decision of which student will receive the scholarship at each school is made by the
faculty and administration at each high school.
AWARD
RECIPIENTS 2008 - 2009 SCHOOL YEAR
| SCHOOL |
AWARD RECIPIENT |
| Aldershot
High School |
Daniel Thayer |
| Burlington
Central High School |
Neel Dhingani |
| Lester B.
Pearson High School |
Kayla Fletcher |
| Robert
Bateman High School |
Graham Hubert |
| M. M.
Robinson High School |
Sarah Pawlett |
| Nelson
High School |
James McGrogan |
| Assumption
Roman Catholic Secondary School |
Ryan Cavanagh |
| Notre
Dame Roman Catholic Secondary School |
Sabrina Zavarise |
ENDOWMENT
FUND
In
May of 2005, the Chamber announced that it had partnered with the
Burlington Community Foundation to establish an endowment fund to ensure
the growth and sustainability of the Chamber's scholarship
program. Establishing the fund took considerable startup monies
and this was only possible due to the generosity of several individuals
and organizations. The Chamber is very pleased and proud to
recognize a number of our very generous supporters and initial
contributors to our endowment fund.
¨
= Founders Club Member
|
SUMMA
CUM LAUDE ($3000
& above)
Burlington
Hotel
Association
Burlington
¨
Rehab
Services
¨
|
MAGNA
CUM LAUDE ($1000 -
$2999)
Atotech
Canada Ltd.
Benjamin
Moore & Co. Ltd.
Burgess
Law Office ¨
Burlington
Hydro Inc.
Burlington
Technologies Inc.
City
Automotive ¨
Dave
& Sharon Coons ¨
D.
W. A. Business Services ¨
John
Doyle
David
Grieve
Heather
Transportation Consultants Ltd. ¨
J.
M. Edwards Associates Inc. Real Estate ¨
JAN
Kelley Marketing
Stan
Lang ¨
Penny
MacKenzie ¨
Bruce
Magwood ¨
Scott
McCammon ¨
Bruce
McDougall ¨
Pricewaterhouse
Coopers LLP ¨
SB
Partners LLP
ServiceMaster
Contract Services ¨
Taylor
Leibow LLP Accountants and Advisors
Thomson-Gordon
Limited
The
Benefit's Edge Insurance Services Ltd. ¨
Union
Energy Limited Partnership
Voortman
Cookies Limited
Bill
Willson ¨
|
|
CUM
LAUDE ($500 -
$999)
Brechin
& Huffman Lawyers
Eaton
Yale Company
Feltmate/Delibato/Heagle
Nelson
Aggregate Co.
Simpson,
Wigle
Sheldon
Vanderwoude
WHITING
DOOR Manufacturing Limited
Terri
Williams
Zeton
Inc.
|
HONORIS
CAUSA ($100 -
$499)
ACCU-Translation
Services Limited
ActionCOACH
Business Consulting
ASL
Infotech Inc.
Pam
Belgrade
Computer
Help Services
Dan's
Welding & Fabricating Ltd.
Hicks
Morley LLP
Keith
& Tracey Hoey
David
MacPhee
K.
McAleese
Rosalene
Phillips
Jack
Seedhouse
Torcan
Chemical Ltd.
Rod
Wright
|
BUSINESS
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND DONATIONS
In
May of 2005, the Chamber announced that it had partnered with the Burlington
Community Foundation to establish an endowment fund to ensure
the growth and sustainability of the Chamber's Business Student
Scholarship program.
Establishing the fund took considerable start-up monies and this was
only possible due to the generosity of several individuals and
organizations (Founders Club members). The Chamber set an aggressive target of $100,000
for the fund.
To help encourage donations to reach this target, Chamber President
Keith Hoey promised to shave his head if the target was reached by
December 31, 2007.
On
December 4, at the Chamber's Business After 5 event, Chamber Board Chair
Rosalene Phillips announced that the fund had reached the $100,000
target. "We're pleased that the business community has
rallied around this cause and recognized that today's students are
tomorrow's business leaders," said Phillips. "Getting
the fund to $100,000 will ensure that the scholarships awarded to the
students are meaningful and sustainable." After announcing
that the target had been reached, Phillips shaved Hoey's head to the amusement of
the 200 plus crowd. Click
here to watch the video on YouTube.
