Ronald McDonald House Charities(R) of the New York Tri-State Area Awards Scholarships to Five High School Seniors

    ROSELAND, N.J., Aug. 13 /EMWNews/ -- Ronald McDonald House

Charities(R) of the New York Tri-State Area (RMHC-NYTSA) recently awarded

scholarships to five high school graduates to provide assistance for

college tuition. The program awarded scholarships totaling $25,000,

exemplifying the RMHC commitment to education.



    Each of the five scholarship winners received $5,000 to further their

education. The 2008 winners are:



    -- Christina Albuquerque, (Fanwood, New Jersey), will attend The

College of William and Mary in the fall and major in

Anthropology/Archeology.



    -- Robert Ali, (West Sayville, New York) will attend Columbia

University and major in Engineering.



    -- Courtney Chavan, (Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey), will attend

Rutgers University and major in Economics.



    -- George Karcevski, (Staten Island, New York), will attend New York

University and major in Finance.



    -- Sakina Paracha, (Jamaica, New York) will attend Columbia University

and major in Medicine.



    Recipients were selected based on demonstrated academic achievement,

financial need and community involvement. To be eligible, the applicants

had to be graduating high school seniors who planned to attend a two-year

or a four-year college or university with a complete course of study.



    Through this program, RMHC offers graduating high school seniors from

local communities the chance to apply for tuition assistance.



    Students of all backgrounds were eligible to apply by submitting a

scholarship application to one of the four scholarship programs available:

the RMHC/Asian-Pacific Students Increasing Achievement Scholarship

(RMHC/ASIA), RMHC/African American Future Achievers Scholarship

(RMHC/AAFA), the RMHC/Hispanic American Commitment to Educational Resources

(RMHC/H.A.C.E.R.), and the RMHC Scholars Scholarship (students of all

backgrounds are eligible to apply).



    RMHC began its support of scholarship programs in 1985, by committing

$50,000 toward the first scholarships awarded through the Hispanic American

Commitment to Educational Resources (HACER) program. In 2001, the RMHC/ASIA

(Asian Students Increasing Achievement) and RMHC African American Future

Achievers Scholarships (RMHC/AAFA) began. To date, RMHC National has

awarded more than $29 million to help high school seniors attend college.

    About Ronald McDonald House Charities of the New York Tri-State Area



    The Ronald McDonald House Charities of the New York Tri-State Area is

working to better the lives of children and their families in our

communities, by creating and supporting programs that directly improve the

health and well-being of children in the areas of health, education, the

arts, civic and social issues. Since 1992, RMHC-NYTSA has provided more

than $10 million dollars to local non-profit organizations whose programs

improve the well-being of children and their families. For further

information on the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the New York

Tri-State Area, please visit http://www.rmhcnynj.org or call 973.287.1476.