Future Shop’s Future Generation Scholarships enable 40 Boys and Girls Club youth to make their post-secondary dreams a reality
Through the generous support of Future Shop, 40 Boys and Girls Clubs youth from across Canada will have the opportunity to pursue their higher education goals as recipients of Future Shop’s Future Generation Scholarships.
Over the next two weeks, the 40 deserving recipients will be recognized during special presentations at Future Shop stores, where they will receive the first component of the $5,000 scholarship - a $750 Future Shop gift card to purchase a laptop. They were selected based on their outstanding contribution to their Boys and Girls Club and local community, good academic standing and financial need.
This year’s recipients include 18 youth from Ontario, five from British Columbia, four each from New Brunswick and Newfoundland, three from Manitoba, two each from Alberta and Nova Scotia and one each from Quebec and Saskatchewan.
Together with Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada (BGCC), Future Shop has been supporting the post-secondary dreams of Boys and Girls Club youth for over 10 years through the provision of much needed scholarships through Future Shop’s Future Leaders scholarship program. Seen as an evolution to this program, the Future Generation program aims to provide young people in Grade 10 with the financial resources they need to achieve their long term education goals.
“I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the generous scholarship that Future Shop has awarded me with,” says John, a scholarship recipient and member of a Boys and Girls Club in Ontario. “This scholarship will help me to make my education a centre point without financial instability and will encourage me to focus on my goals to better myself for the real world.”
Future Shop’s Future Generation program promises students in Grade 10 a scholarship for their post-secondary education at a critical time when it may still be possible to influence their decision about whether or not to continue their studies past high school. Research indicates that while many students lack the financial resources to attend post-secondary education, many also lack accurate information about the costs, especially for tuition. By awarding these scholarships in Grade 10, successful applicants may realize earlier on that pursuing post-secondary education can still be a realistic option.
“Future Shop is committed to investing in creating positive opportunities for young people so they can realize their dreams of post-secondary education,” said Andrea Farnell, Community Relations Manager, Future Shop. “We are proud to partner with Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada to help open doors for young Canadians so they can create their own infinite possibilities. Our Future Generation program continues our tradition of providing much needed scholarships to deserving youth.”
About Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada
Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada is a leading charitable organization providing after school programs that support the physical, educational and social development of children, youth and their families each year. Boys and Girls Clubs operate in 650 locations across Canada and have been helping young Canadians to discover, develop and achieve their potential for over 110 years. To learn more, visit www.bgccan.com.
About Future Shop
With 149 stores across the country and the nation's premier web store (www.futureshop.ca), Burnaby, BC-based Future Shop is Canada's largest retailer and e-tailer of consumer electronics. The company employs more than 10,000 technology enthusiasts, has enabled its website, Futureshop.ca, to deliver unparalleled content about the products it sells. Futureshop.ca also hosts an online community forum and tech blog called Tech Yeah for technology beginners and tech-savvy experts to exchange ideas, reviews, tips and other consumer electronics information (www.futureshop.ca/techyeah). As a proud corporate citizen, Future Shop has developed solutions to recycle used electronics and is committed to employee volunteerism and supporting non-profit organizations dedicated to transforming local youth into Future Leaders (see www.futureshop.ca/futuregeneration).
For further information:
Travis Parnaby, Senior Communications Specialist, Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada: 905.477.7272 ext. 270, tparnaby@bgccan.com
Elliott Chun, Communications Manager, Future Shop: 604.412.1764, echun@futureshop.com
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