NYSAFC Awards Three Scholarships in 2011

NYSAFC is pleased to announce this year's recipients of association scholarship awards. The recipients were announced during the General Session at the NYSAFC Annual Conference on June 16, 2011 in Verona, NY.

First place co-recipient of the Anthony J. "Andy" Messina Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 is Tyler M. Horton of the Gainesville Fire Department. First place co-recipient of the Ward A. & Janice R. Bohner Scholarship in the amount of $1,100 is Christopher D. Pritchard of the Oswego Town Volunteer Fire Department. Second place recipient of the Anthony J. "Andy" Messina Scholarship in the amount of is $750 is Cory R. Rivera of the Napanoch Volunteer Fire Department.

NYSAFC offers this scholarship program to enhance, through academic achievement at the college level, the quality of leadership in the fire and life safety field and to assist Active, Associate, and Affiliate association members (and their spouses or children) in their efforts to pursue academic advancement.

Beginning in 2010, scholarships have been awarded in honor of NYSAFC Past President Anthony J. "Andy" Messina and NYSAFC Executive Director Emeritus Ward A. Bohner and his wife Janice R. Bohner for their many years of faithful and dedicated service to the association. The Anthony J. "Andy" Messina Scholarship is awarded to students pursuing an emergency services degree (e.g., fire science, EMS, or emergency management). The Ward A. & Janice R. Bohner Scholarship is awarded to those pursuing a general course of study in any other field.

Congratulations and best wishes to this year's scholarship recipients! Thank you to the Erie County Fire Chiefs Mutual Aid Organization and NYSAFC members for their support of the scholarship program.

The 2012 NYSAFC Scholarship Program Application is now available for downloading from the NYSAFC website, along with applications and nomination forms for the association's other 2012 awards: the Chief Fred W. Singer Fire Educator of the Year Award, James W. Wright Public Education Award, and NYSAFC Fire Chief of the Year Awards.

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