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McDowell High School Senior Wins Grand Prize Scholarship

McDowell High School senior, Lindsay Cryer of Erie, PA, is the grand-prize winner of the 2008 Edgar Snyder & Associates “Words to be Heard” scholarship contest. Lindsay won a $2,500 scholarship to be used toward her Penn State University education.

Seniors attending high schools throughout Erie Pennsylvania were invited to write a 1,500 to 2,000 word proposal for a program that would teach pre-teens and teenagers the consequences associated with underage drinking.

Lindsay’s idea is to create a program by the name, “Say No.” Each letter of the program name represented a helpful hint to keep students away from drinking.

In addition to the $2,500 scholarship, Edgar Snyder & Associates awarded a $1,000 scholarship prize to Jacob Batchelor of Fairview High School. Three runners-up also received $500 scholarships. Those winners include: Marisa Hrbal and Sarah Fisher of McDowell High School, and Michael Kertis of General McLane High School.

“We wanted this contest to help us learn, from teens, what we can do to help prevent alcohol-related tragedies among their peers,” said Attorney Edgar Snyder.

The law firm of Edgar Snyder & Associates hopes to take some of the ideas in the essays and help make them happen in the communities. During the Prom season and holidays throughout the year, the law firm discourages underage drinking and driving through several media campaigns. Edgar Snyder & Associates, along with Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, already sponsor Road Radio USA, a multi-media “edu-tainment” school assembly for teens and pre-teens designed to prevent underage drinking and other destructive behaviors.

If you are interested in obtaining more information about the dangers of underage drinking and drunk driving, or if you would like your students to experience Road Radio USA first-hand, please visit www.edgarsnyder.com. Edgar Snyder & Associates is a law firm representing injured people with offices in Altoona, Ebensburg, Erie, Johnstown and Pittsburgh.