BAC Local 7 New York/New Jersey Presents Scholarships

JOURNAL: ISSUE 1 - 2012

Local 7 NY/NJ scholarship recipients Claire Murphy and Jonathan Monsalve.

On July 10, 2011, Local 7 New York/New Jersey held its 3rd annual Scholarship Award Breakfast at which scholarships totaling $93,000 were awarded to 63 recipients.

A $10,000 scholarship in memory of the late Local 7 member and Field Representative Ron Ade was presented to member Finian Murphy’s daughter, Claire, and a second $10,000 scholarship in memory of the late Ernesto Jimenez was awarded to Jonathan Monsalve, son of Local 7 member Hernan Monsalve.

The Local’s scholarship program provides educational assistance to its members and their spouses, dependent children, and grandchildren who have been accepted by an accredited college, community college, technical or trade school. More than $300,000 in scholarships has been awarded to more than one hundred qualified students in the past three years.

“Our scholarship recipients study very hard, with great appreciation for the Union,” says Local 7 NY/NJ Secretary-Treasurer Chris Guy. Recipient Claire Murphy, for example, a freshman at the University of Scranton, achieved a 3.98 GPA in her first semester while managing to volunteer at a local veteran’s center.” Adds Guy, “We are glad that our scholarship program can help outstanding students like Claire continue pursuing their educational goals.”