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Troy Pratley (St. Joseph High School), Cameron Harter (Jimtown High School), Kylie Blake (Mishawaka High School), Allie Conner (Dowagiac High School), Katelyn Bradford (Nappanee High School), Samuel Kaczor (Edwardsburg High School), John Economou (Penn High School), Joicelynn Messina (Elkhart High School)

2021 Zolman’s Student Citizenship Awarded to 8 High School Seniors!

Summary:
• ● Zolman’s Tire gave away $8,000 to 8 high school seniors--$1,000 each.
• ● These eight winners were selected and attended an award ceremony on Monday, August 9 at 6:30, where eight $1,000 checks were passed out.
• ● Zolman’s Tire created this scholarship opportunity to give back to the community it serves.
• ● Students who attend school in Berrien, Cass, Elkhart, or St. Joseph County were eligible for the scholarship.
• ● Qualifications were as follows: 1) Each student must have at least a 3.0 GPA. 2) Each student must be a high school senior. 3) They must be planning to go into further education beyond their senior year of high school. This continued education can be trade school, community college, traditional four-year college, online college, military or vocational schooling.

Zolman’s Tire & Auto Care hosted a scholarship ceremony celebrating eight high school senior winners of the Student Citizenship Award on Monday, August 9 at 6:30 pm at the Zolman’s Edison Road location in Mishawaka. This Student Citizenship Award event recognized the hard work, excellent academic achievement and community volunteer service of these eight students with the presentation of a $1,000.00 check to assist with their college or vocational schooling.

The Zolman’s Student Citizenship Award was promoted through a local media advertising campaign and to area high schools in the four counties represented. “After all the challenges students have faced since the pandemic, we wanted to provide hope and something positive in their lives and for the community,” says Nate Zolman, owner of Zolman’s Tire & Auto Care. Choosing the winners was a very tough decision for the Zolman Tire team because of the number of applications for the Zolman’s Student Citizenship Award. Nate Zolman originally planned to award six $1,000 scholarships, however Zolman Tire decided to award eight students instead of the original six.

The second generation tire and auto service company founded by Bud and Diane Zolman continues its legacy of giving back to the community with the student scholarship for area high school seniors. “I would honestly stack up our students in the Michiana area against anywhere else in the nation,” says Nate Zolman. “The dedication these students have shown to their education, their future careers and their willingness to serve others and our community is unparalleled. We would like to congratulate our winners and would also like to sincerely thank all the applicants. After reading the students’ applications, I have a new-found hope in this generation. These students are absolutely awesome, and our future will be bright in their hands.