TCATA looking for scholars
Time is running out for those planning to
submit scholarship application forms to the Textile Care
Allied Trades Association. The
deadline is April 1, 2003.
Two scholarships will be awarded this year
— the Dean Allen Educational Fund and the Max Zimmerman
Educational Fund. Each will provide the recipient with $1,000
per year for up to four years of college.
The first scholarship is named after Dean
Allen, who spent 42 years working at Allen and Vickers, a
family-owned business that distributed laundry and drycleaning
equipment in Atlanta, GA. His involvement with the industry
included a stint as vice president of the TCATA Distributor
Group. He also served two terms as president of TCATA and
was on the association’s board of directors.
The second scholarship honors Max
Zimmerman, who first started working at his father’s
drycleaning plant when he was seven years old.
In 1953, he founded his own drycleaning
company and remained active in the industry and TCATA until his
death in 2000. He served as secretary-treasurer and was on the
board for TCATA and received all three awards the association
gives in recognition of outstanding service in the industry.
To be eligible for either scholarship,
applicants must be a full-time employee or the son or daughter
of a full-time employee of a member company in good standing
with TCATA.
TCATA will award the scholarships based on:
leadership qualities; academic achievement measured by
Scholarship Aptitude Test or American College Test scores and
high school grade point average; and the student’s
planned course of study with higher consideration given to
those who plan to pursue work in the textile care industry.
To obtain an application for or find out
more information on the scholarships, visit www.tcata.org or
call (973) 244-1790.
TCATA requests from each applicant a copy
of their SAT or ACT scores; transcripts of all high school and
college grades; a letter from a high school principal or other
official describing the student’s leadership qualities;
and a letter from the applicant to TCATA’s Scholarship
Committee which describes their personal accomplishments,
immediate goals and future academic and career objectives.
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