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$10,000 College Scholarships Awarded To
Mercedes Machado, Natasha Rosales, 8 Others
(4th Quarter 2008)
Vecellio
Family Foundation Has Provided $2.3 Million For 270 Students
Since 1973
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Above: Scholarship recipient Natasha Rosales and her
father, Jose Rosales, right, with Hazen Hinds, left,
President of Ranger Construction — South.
 Right:
Mercedes Machado is the daughter of Jose Machado,
Vecenergy (South Florida Materials).
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It’s not just a song lyric. Children really
are the future and the Vecellio Family Foundation is helping
shape the future by investing in the education of tomorrow’s
promising leaders.
With career interests in journalism, medical science and more,
10 college freshman are getting a big boost toward meeting their
goals through $100,000 worth of scholarships awarded by the
Foundation in 2008.
Recipients include two Vecellio Group employee dependents:
Mercedes Machado, daughter of Jose Machado, General Manager of
South Florida Materials Corp (part of the Vecenergy division);
and Natasha Rosales, whose father, Jose Rosales, is a
Superintendent with Ranger Construction — South.
Mercedes Machado is attending the University of Florida, where
she is double majoring in journalism and psychology. Her goals
include writing sports for a local publication, becoming a
psychologist and eventually publishing her own magazine. She
graduated from J. P. Taravella High School in Coral Springs,
Fla., where she co-captained the girls’ basketball team and
wrote sports for the school paper.
Natasha Rosales also attends UF, where she is majoring in
pre-medicine. She was senior class president, volleyball team
captain, and a student reporter for Broward Teen News while
attending MacArthur High School in Hollywood, Fla.
Mercedes and Natasha are both recipients of a Leo A. Vecellio,
Sr., Memorial Scholarship, named to honor V&G’s late co-founder.
Eight additional scholarships were awarded through the
Foundation’s West Virginia programs, established to give back to
the communities where Vecellio & Grogan got its start.
Lynsi Boyd, representing Shady Spring High School, was selected
for a Leo A. Vecellio, Sr., Memorial Scholarship. Lynsi is
attending Concord University.
Liberty High School graduate Dominick Cangemi also received a
Leo A. Vecellio, Sr., Memorial Scholarship. He is attending West
Virginia University.
Three students at Woodrow Wilson High School received
scholarships honoring Leo Vecellio, Sr., Rick Vecellio (late
brother of Leo Vecellio, Jr.) and Al Janutolo (former long-time
V&G employee). The recipients are Emily Butcher, attending The
College of Wooster, and Rachel Fedders and Michael Lynch, both
students at Wake Forest University.
Another scholarship honoring Leo A. Vecellio, Sr., went to
Independence High School graduate Morgan Bryant, who is
attending Marshall University.
A Dr. Dante Castrodale Memorial Scholarship, named for Leo A.
Vecellio, Sr.’s brother-in-law, was awarded to Alexis
Montgomery, a Wake Forest University student.
The 2008 Rick Vecellio Memorial Conservation Scholarship/Youth
Conservation Award went to Matthew Thompson, attending Glenville
State College.
The annual scholarship program was started in 1973. To date, the
Vecellio Family Foundation has awarded more than $2.3 million in
scholarships to 270 students, along with supporting numerous
other educational, industry and charity organizations.
Scholarship recipients are chosen by an independent review board
— not by VFF or the Group — based on SAT/ACT scores, school
transcripts and other indicators of potential future success. |
