ICMA-RC Memorial Scholarship Awards Honor Fallen Police, Firefighters and Other Public Employees
-- Survivors Receive Scholarships for 2015-2016 and Are Honored in Washington, D.C. --
WASHINGTON, June 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The ICMA-RC Public Employee Memorial Scholarship Fund (ICMA-RC Memorial Scholarship Fund) is pleased to announce that 36 surviving children and spouses of fallen firefighters, police officers, and other state and local public sector employees have been awarded post-secondary educational scholarships for the 2015-2016 academic year.
The ICMA-RC Memorial Scholarship Fund honors the contributions of local and state public employees who died while serving and protecting their communities, and is given to help surviving children and spouses attend an accredited two-year community college, four-year accredited university, or vocational school full-time. Scholarship recipients are selected based on criteria such as academic record, demonstrated leadership, participation in school and community activities, academic honors, and financial need. To date, ICMA-RC Memorial Scholarships totaling more than $950,000 have been awarded to 250 recipients.
"ICMA-RC Memorial Scholarship Award recipients are remarkable for having triumphed over tremendous loss to achieve exceptional personal and academic success," said ICMA-RC President and CEO Bob Schultze. He adds, "Many of them are planning careers involving service to others, some choosing to follow in the footsteps of their departed loved ones into the fields of law enforcement and fire safety. It is an honor to help them achieve their academic and career goals."
Fifteen scholarship recipients are scheduled to tour Washington, D.C. national monuments on Wednesday, June 24, concluding the tour at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. In the evening, the students and their families will attend a commemorative dinner at the National Press Club hosted by ICMA-RC, with representatives from the Concerns of Police Survivors and the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and local public safety officials from the City of Alexandria and Prince George's County.
The ICMA-RC Public Employee Memorial Scholarship Fund is made possible through the generosity of contributing donors. For more information about how to apply for a scholarship or contribute to the fund, please visit www.icmarc.org/vantagescholar.
About the ICMA-RC Public Employee Memorial Scholarship Fund
The ICMA-RC Public Employee Memorial Scholarship Fund is a Section 501(c)(3) public charity founded by ICMA-RC in 2001. Financial support for the scholarship is provided by ICMA-RC, individual sponsors, foundations, and organizations. Applications for 2016-2017 scholarships will be accepted from Dec.15, 2015 through March 15, 2016. More information is available at www.icmarc.org/vantagescholar.
About ICMA-RC
Founded in 1972, ICMA-RC is a non-profit independent financial services corporation based in Washington, D.C. focused on providing retirement plans and related services for more than one million public sector participant accounts and more than 9,000 retirement plans. Our mission is to help build retirement security for public sector employees. We deliver on our mission by focusing on service, quality and value. All of our retirement programs, administrative services and educational tools have been developed specifically for public sector retirement plan administrators and participants. For more information, visit www.icmarc.org.
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