Endowment Fund To Award Two Scholarships At 3rd Annual Awards Banquet

March 23, 2010 - PRLog -- Washington, DC, March 23, 2010 – The Phi Sigma Pi, Alpha Tau Chapter Endowment Fund, Inc. (Endowment Fund) will host their Third Annual Awards Banquet.  The Endowment Fund is pleased to award scholarships to two deserving metro-area high school seniors – Ashley Mayo and Juan Lara.  Mayo, currently a senior at Benjamin Banneker Academic Senior High School is an honors student and ranks in the top 10% of her graduating class.  Lara, a senior at Francis L. Cardozo Senior High School, is also an honors student in the Transportation and Technology Academy.  Both students are active in a number of organizations and community service projects.  Through their hard work and community involvement, it is clear that these students embody the ideals of scholarship, leadership and fellowship, which Phi Sigma Pi was founded upon.  The Endowment Fund is also pleased to announce that Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton will receive the inaugural “Excellence in Leadership Award” and deliver the keynote address.

The Endowment Fund was established to provide scholarships to local high school students in the Washington, DC metro area.  Over the past two years, the Awards Banquet has been held at Howard University and has been attended by over 260 students, alumni, faculty and supporters. Five $500 scholarships were given to college bound students who exemplify scholarship, leadership and fellowship.  This year’s banquet will be held on Friday, March 26, 2010 in the Armour J. Blackburn Center on the campus of Howard University.  A VIP reception will be held in the Hilltop lounge at 6pm to be followed by dinner and the Awards Banquet at 7pm in the main ballroom.

Details and information about the Third Annual Awards Banquet can be found on the Endowment Fund’s website: http://www.atendowment.org.    

ABOUT THE PHI SIGMA PI ALPHA TAU ENDOWMENT FUND, INC. AWARDS BANQUET
Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity, Inc. Alpha Tau Chapter has established the Endowment Fund to provide scholarships for local high school students.  The financial assistance the students receive from the Endowment Fund may be applied to their college education upon enrollment. The Endowment Fund strives to promote the pursuit of higher education for these students by alleviating financial barriers. Over the past two years, this banquet has become one of the Endowment Fund's signature events, culminating the activities of the fiscal year and showcasing the purpose of the Endowment Fund.

Contact Information:
Erika McDaniel, Phi Sigma Pi, Alpha Tau Chapter Endowment Fund, Inc.
P.O. Box 1231
Haddonfield, NJ 08033
e: marketing@atendowment.org
w: http://www.atendowment.org

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The Phi Sigma Pi, Alpha Tau Chapter Endowment Fund, Inc. was established to provide scholarships for local high school students in the Washington, DC Metro-Area. The scholarship may be applied to their college education upon enrollment.