BrainstormUSA Awards Two $5,000 Scholarships in "Dare to Dream...Expect to Succeed" Program

Jan. 12, 2011 - PRLog -- Shawnessy Gutierrez, a third grade student at Beachy Elementary School in Arleta, CA and Caroline Detrick, a 1st grade student at Christ the King School in Newark, DE, have won $5,000 scholarships in BrainstormUSA's "Dare to Dream....Expect to Succeed" national scholarship program. Shawnessy, who submitted a model project of a home that was charred from a fire, wants to be a firefighter when he grows up. Caroline submitted a poster and wants to be a fashion designer and own her design studio. We are extremely proud of these two students and wish them all the best in their endeavors and studies.

Caroline said she is very artistic and it shows in her project. She submitted a poster showing the stages involved in designing a new dress -- from placing an order, picking out the fabric to shipping the finished product to the customer. Shawn's model showed a home that was charred after the fire was put out by firefighters. For their hard work and such heartfelt letters of support from their parents, both students will receive a $5,000 college scholarship from BrainstormUSA administered by Citizen's Scholarship Foundation of America. The schools and a teacher of choice for both students will also receive a preloaded BrainstormUSA Desktop computer, which includes an Intel Integrated Atom Processor with 1GB DDR/2 memory, 160GB 7200 RPM hard drive, among other things, and a 19" LCD Widescreen monitor with integrated speakers and a three-year warranty.

The "Dare to Dream -- Expect to Succeed" program, which grew out of President & CEO Joe Galluccio's passion to help students maximize their abilities through a solid education, shows children the value of visualizing their dreams, setting goals, sharing their hopes, and having the self-confidence to communicate their vision. The program provides benefits to the school, classroom, and individual students through the scholarship program, and the donation of personal computers and educational software. Students were asked to communicate a personal dream and how they expect to reach their dream. Parents were asked to describe how they would enable their child's efforts and support those efforts in realizing their unique dream. Students and parents were encouraged to use any medium of their choice to creatively present their vision.

Among the winners of PCs and software are:  Isaiah Dijon, Shandhale Mosby, Michelle Servin, Cideth Olivia,Samantha Gerhart & Gabriel Torres, Mussie Legesse, Daniel Duchesneau, Sara Hume, Jay Ramos, Maggie Keegan, Lexi Hall, Kenya Kirkland, Tarik Randers, Brenna Sweeny and Morella Garcia.

BrainstormUSA LLC, based in Atlanta, Ga., is a leading marketer of affordable educational software products. The company provides families with fun educational software that helps children succeed in school and master the curriculum taught from K-12. BrainstormUSA prides itself on bridging the gap between home and school through its award-winning networked version of Orchard Home titles at a fraction of the cost  paid by schools nationwide.