The 5th Annual Nolan Family Foundation Scholarship was awarded on Tuesday, May 22, at the EPC’s New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s 9th Annual BBQ at Demarest Farm in Hillsdale, NJ. Theresa Nolan was in attendance to present this year's $5,000 scholarship to Giovanni D’Amato, son of Michael D’Amato of Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Company. Giovanni is a student at Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL.
What makes this scholarship unique is that it is based solely on a 500-word essay on ethics. In particular, applicants need to site an example of how they faced an ethical challenge in their life and dealt with it. Anonymous essays are judged by representatives of the Nolan Foundation, not the Eastern Produce Council. Congratulations Giovanni!
Pictured L to R are: Tom Beaver, NJDA’s Director of Marketing, Susan McAleavey Sarlund, EPC Executive Director, Douglas H. Fisher, New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture, Theresa Nolan, Scholarship Recipient Giovanni D’Amato (son of EPC member Michael D’Amato), and Marianne Santo, EPC President.
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Source: Eastern Produce Council
