2009 "Words to be Heard" Scholarship Contest
Edgar Snyder & Associates awarded twelve scholarships totaling $13,000 to graduating seniors in Pittsburgh, Erie and Central Pennsylvania through the third annual "Words to be Heard" Scholarship Program.
The winners were selected based on proposals they put together for programs that would teach pre-teens and teenagers the consequences associated with underage drinking as well as drinking and driving.
"We wanted this contest to help us learn, from teens, what we can do to help prevent alcohol-related tragedies among their peers."
- Attorney Edgar Snyder
The law firm of Edgar Snyder & Associates hopes to take some of the ideas presented in the essays and help make them happen in the local 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.
The winning essays will be published in a booklet and sent to leaders in the communities we serve.
For more information, contact Deanna Krotec at 412-394-4412.
Congratulations to the 2009 "Words to be Heard" Scholarship Winners:
2009 Pittsburgh Winners | |
 Grand Prize: $2,500 Scholarship Kelly M. Kaminski Moon Area High School Allegheny County College: The Ohio State University | |
 $1,000 Scholarship Alexandra M. Kowatch Baldwin High School Allegheny County College: Penn State University |  $500 Scholarship Lauren Sciacca Monessen High School Westmoreland County College: Seton Hill University |
 $500 Scholarship Zakera Barnes Gateway High School Allegheny County College: Florida Southern College |  $500 Scholarship Molly M. Rasmussen Seneca Valley Butler County College: Butler County Community College |
2009 Johnstown/Altoona Winners | |
 Grand Prize: $2,500 Scholarship Rachel Moyer Hollidaysburg Area Blair County College: Penn State University, Main Campus | |
 $500 Scholarship Carrie Clippard Altoona Area High School Blair County College: Penn State University, Main Campus |  $500 Scholarship Amanda R. Bowes Bellefonte Area High School Centre County College: Penn State University, Main Campus |
 $500 Scholarship Ally Lush Penns Valley Jr/Sr High School Centre County College: Penn State University, Main Campus | |
2009 Erie Winners | |
 Grand Prize: $2,500 Scholarship John B. Pearson General McLane High School Erie County College: Penn State Behrend | |
 $1,000 Scholarship Eric Lhymn McDowell High School Erie County College: University of Michigan |  $500 Scholarship Ashley Dougherty General McLane High School Erie County College: Wake Forest |
The "Words to be Heard" Scholarship Program was open to high school seniors in cities served by the firm, including Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Altoona, Bedford, New Paris, Everett, Loysburg, Saxton, Bellwood, Claysburg, Hollidaysburg, Martinsburg, Tyrone, Williamsburg, Nanty Glo, Patton, Ebensburg, Sidman, Northern Cambria, Cresson, Portage, Wingate, Bellefonte, Spring Mills, State College, Clearfield, Curwensville, DuBois, Flinton, Westover, Houtzdale, Philipsburg, Morrisdale, McConnellsburg, Waterfall, Warfordsburg, Huntingdon, Alexandria, Mount Union, Three Springs, Belleville, Lewistown, Erie, Corry, Fairview, Waterford, Edinboro, Girard, Harborcreek, North East, Albion, and Union City.
