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A total of $113,000 in scholarship funds has been awarded to 38 students by the ARA Foundation and its affiliate programs for the 2022-2023 school year.
The scholarships will provide financial assistance to students pursuing equipment and event rental-related education at trade schools, community colleges, undergraduate colleges and graduate schools.
This year’s offerings included the brand-new American Rental Association (ARA) Student Member scholarship worth $2,000, available exclusively to applicants who have joined the ARA student membership designation for high school and higher-level education students interested in learning and growing within the equipment and event rental industry.
Lexa Thompson, DeRidderRentals.com, DeRidder, La., was the top winner. She received the Leonard Hawk Founders Scholarship worth $5,000 and the ARA Insurance Scholarship worth $4,000 for a total of $9,000.
“This is a really big deal for me,” says Thompson, who is enrolled at Louisiana Tech University. She also says that thanks to the scholarships she received, “My goals are in reach. The scholarships have removed part of the financial barrier for me to attend college. When I received the email that I had been chosen, I felt relief and a sense of security for the first time since my college pursuit started. The reward gave me the ray of hope I needed to enter college with a confident, ‘everything will be OK’ mindset.”
The other recipients and the scholarships they were awarded are:
Brock Huffstutler is the regional news editor for Rental Management. He writes and edits articles for ARA’s In Your Region quarterly regional newsletters, Rental Management, Rental Pulse and other special projects. Outside of work, he enjoys biking and spending time at the few remaining vintage record stores in the region.
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