Ft. Myers Offshore, Inc. announces 2009 scholarship winners
The Board of Directors of Ft. Myers Offshore, Inc. is pleased to announce the 3 winners of it's scholarship program. Our congratulations go out to Megan Hollihan of Golden Gate High School, Morgan Papworth of Gulf Coast High School and Jose Luis Martinez of Immokalee High School.
The recipients will be awarded $ 1,500.00 each, to assist with their first semester expenses. Ft. Myers Offshore, Inc. had received over 60 applications for our scholarship program. While Ft. Myers Offshore has undertaken various charitable projects in the past, our scholarship program is now an annual event. With this being our first year, applications were accepted from Collier County, FL students. Next year our program will be expanded to include applications from Lee County, FL students as well.
Ft. Myers Offshore, Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 charity, registered in the State of Florida. It's membership consists of a group of offshore boating enthusiasts in Southwest Florida, dedicated to raising funds and awarding a number of scholarships each year to help worthy individuals continue their education at the college and university level. The Board of FMO would like to thank it's sponsors, donors, and membership who have made the awarding of these scholarships possible. Also special thanks to scholarship committee chairman, John Wilkinson who devoted many hours of his time to make this
undertaking a huge success.
The 5 members on the Board of Directors of Ft. Myers Offshore, Inc. are: Bob Barnhart ( SO - Bobthebuilder ) , Dan Davies (SO - earthwerks), Tom Cullen (SO - Megabyte*3), Hans Haedelt (SO - rockstrmkr) and John Wilkinson (specialized) .
