EQUITABLE ADVISORS ANNOUNCES
$35,500 IN Equitable ACHIEVEMENT Awards
Wisconsin branch awards helping local students and schools
(Milwaukee, WI) – The Equitable Advisors Wisconsin branch today announced the following students are winners of the 2021 Equitable Achievementsm Scholarship, amounts are indicated below. Additionally, each student's high school will receive a $1,000 grant to use toward education development:
Hannah, Sheboygan, South High School - $10,000
Sophia, Waterford, Waterford Union High School - $2,500
The Equitable Achievement Scholarship helps families take small manageable steps toward higher education and educators and their schools take small manageable steps toward future success. Every Equitable Advisors office nationwide distributes awards to graduating high school seniors and schools in their local area.
“The Wisconsin branch has a long history of community involvement. We're proud to provide information and support to help students and parents take the next step to college and to honor their educators and schools as essential to their success,” commented Brian Thiet, Branch Manager. “Equitable Advisors helps families plan for the future. We consider these scholarships as an investment in our young people and our community.”
Through Equitable Achievement, Equitable is one of the nation's largest corporate providers of scholarships — awarding more than $1.4 million a year — and a comprehensive resource for information to help families plan for college. Winners — known as Equitable Achievers — are graduating high school seniors who demonstrate ambition, determination to set and reach goals, and the ability to succeed in college.
The program is administered by Scholarship Management Services®, a program of Scholarship America®, one of the nation's largest nonprofit private sector and educational support organizations.
Funded by the Equitable Foundation, the director of Equitable's philanthropic and volunteer activities, Equitable Achievement was established to address the financial barriers faced by college-bound high school students. This year marks the 16th anniversary of Equitable Achievement. Since the program began in 2003, Equitable Achievement has awarded over $25 million in college scholarships to more than 6,000 students.
The Equitable Advisors Wisconsin branch is located at 111 E. Kilbourn Ave. Suite 800, Milwaukee, WI 53202. .
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