DCCU Announces 2019 Scholarship Winners

CONTACT:
Lisa Gilliam
Marketing Communications Manager
DuPont Community Credit Union
Tel: 540.946.3284
Fax: 540.946.3212
www.mydccu.com

DuPont Community Credit Union (DCCU) recently announced the winners of its annual scholarship contest, in which applicants were asked to write an essay about how they would describe financial health, why it’s important, and how DCCU can help to improve the financial health of the community. Once the winners were selected, DCCU employees attended many of the year-end awards programs to present the $1,000 scholarship awards in person.

“Investing in local students represents our commitment and passion for education as we help to ease the stress of paying for college,” said Steve Elkins, DCCU’s President and CEO.

The scholarship program is another way DCCU gives back to the community while helping to make an impact in the lives of students and their families. This year, DCCU awarded a total of $26,000 in scholarships to deserving students in our community, and $344,000 since the inception of the program in 1995.

Congratulations to our 2019 scholarship winners:

• Karen Sumner, Adult Category
• Rebecca Hardesty, Broadway High School
• Nikki Pettry, Buffalo Gap High School
• Haleigh Myrtle, Central High School
• Cynthia Fairbanks, Clarke County High School
• Kayli Mitchell, East Rockingham High School
• Clayton Kershner, Fort Defiance High School
• Gabriel Poirot, Harrisonburg High School
• Jaime Trejo-Angeles, John Handley High School
• Danielle Hale, Masters/Doctorate Category
• Isys Jones, Millbrook High School
• DiLaina Huffman, Parry McCluer High School
• Daniel Palacios, Private/Homeschool Category
• Keith Bell, Riverheads High School
• Isaiah Knopp, Robert E. Lee High School
• Hannah Mayr, Rockbridge County High School
• Hailey Catalano, Sherando High School
• Kiaya Wenger, Spotswood High School
• Virginia Biller, Stonewall Jackson High School
• Satchel Roller, Strasburg High School
• Brooke Burnett, Stuarts Draft High School
• Zach Bishop, Technical/Licensure Category
• Emily Daggett, Turner Ashby High School
• Kaley Foulks, Warren County High School
• Samuel Pereles, Waynesboro High School
• Shelby Slayton, Wilson Memorial High School

About DuPont Community Credit Union
DuPont Community Credit Union was founded in 1959 and is headquartered in Waynesboro, Virginia. With thirteen locations throughout the Central Shenandoah Valley, DCCU serves over 102,000 members and has an asset size of $1.2Billion. For more information, please visit our website at mydccu.com.