2008 Firefighter and EMT Scholarship Awards

2008 Volunteer Firefighter and EMT Scholarship Awards
$23,000 Awarded

Wayne, PA, May 27, 2008 — The Main Line Chamber Foundation is pleased to announce the 2008 Volunteer Firefighter/EMT Scholarship award recipients.  Fourteen volunteer fire companies serving the Main Line are represented by the 23 firefighter scholarship recipients.  The cumulative volunteer service provided by these young firefighters is more than 80 years!  Most of them are working, going to school, and committed to serving as a volunteer firefighter with their local fire company.  Over 70% of the award recipients have a family member who is also a firefighter.  It is truly an honor to present these outstanding young firefighters and EMTs with $1000 scholarship award towards their college education.

The Volunteer Firefighter/EMT Scholarship program began in 2006 with $6,000.  In 2007, this program awarded $14,500.  The increase in 2008 awards to $23,000 is due to a fundraiser hosted by Turnaround Management Association (TMA) to honor the memory of Lower Merion firefighter Thomas J. Hays.  With generous community support, the Volunteer Firefighter/EMT Scholarship program will continue to grow and provide support, recognition, and honor to the young firefighters serving our communities.

The $1000 scholarship award recipients are:
Randy Berman, Oakmont Fire Company
Stacy Catren, East Whiteland Fire Company
Whitney Chestnut, Union Fire Association & Narberth Ambulance
Chadd Comp, Bryn Mawr Fire Company
Dan F.X. Connors, Narberth Fire Company
Megan Copel, Paoli Fire Company
Kristen D’Andrea, Radnor Fire Company
James Gulliver, Brookline Fire Company
Matthew Hand, Merion Fire Company of Ardmore
Thomas W. Hayden, Merion Fire Company of Ardmore & Gladwyne Fire Company
Daniel Ryan Kincade, Bryn Mawr Fire Company & Brookline Fire Company
Ryan Maguire, Radnor Fire Company
Domenic Marino, Oakmont Fire Company
Joseph McCarthy, Manoa Fire Company
Brian McDermott, Gladwyne Fire Company & Bryn Mawr Fire Company
Alanna Miller, Berwyn Fire Company
Glenn R. Montgomery, Penn Wynne Fire Company
William M. Neely II, Merion Fire Company of Ardmore & Penn Wynne Fire Company
Suzanne Nemetz, Berwyn Fire Company
Jordan Ritchie, Radnor Fire Company
Andrew J. Rychlak, Malvern Fire Company
Christopher Smith, Oakmont Fire Company
Christopher Stephen Zipf, Gladwyne Fire Company

The Volunteer Firefighter/EMT Scholarship Program is part of a special project initiated by The Foundation to increase public awareness of the acute need to support, retain, and recognize volunteer firefighters and EMTs on the Main Line.  If you would like to contribute to The Main Line Chamber Foundation Scholarship Program or would like additional information, please call 610-687-6232.

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