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ARA Foundation announces 2018-2019 scholarship recipients

A record $94,000 in scholarships awarded.


The largest amount of scholarship funds — $94,000 — ever given by the ARA Foundation and its affiliate programs has been awarded to 40 students for the 2018-2019 school year, as reported by the American Rental Association Foundation on ARA's Rental Pulse..

The top applicant was Dylan Kohn with Miller’s Rentals & Sales in Edison, N.J. He received the Leonard Hawk Founders Scholarship worth $5,000, the ARA Insurance Scholarship worth $3,500 and a Region Two Ron Marshall Scholarship worth $750 for a total of $9,250. 
A complete list of scholarship recipients follows:

ARA Foundation Leonard Hawk Founders Scholarship ($5,000)

  • Dylan Kohn, Miller’s Rentals & Sales, Edison, N.J. 

ARA Foundation Undergraduate Scholarships ($3,500 each)

  • Seth Allen, Paxton Hardware and Rental, Paxton, Illinois
  • Justin Begley, ABC Hardware & Rental, Buffalo, New York
  • Cody Brown, Aztec Rental Center, Salem, Virgina
  • Quaid DeLacluyse, RAECO Rents, Bensenville, Illinois
  • Luke Hill, Hill’s Equipment Sales and Rental, Glendive, Montana
  • Evan Oyster, Highlift Equipment, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • John Servies, U-Rent-It Center, Crawfordsville, Indiana 
  • Logan Thomas, Creative Solutions, Gastonia, North Carolina
  • Carter Van Gorp, ABC Rentals, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
  • Madison Veal, Beachview Event Rentals & Design, Brunswick, Georgia
  • ARA Foundation Trade/Technical/Vocational Scholarships ($3,000 each)
  • Joel Baartman, Rent-All, Sioux Center, Iowa
  • Justin Frey, Fremont Rental, Fremont, Nebraska
  • Jose Maldonado-Tapia, Aurora Rents, Shoreline, Washington
  • Matthew Paton, EZE Rent-It Centre, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
  • Dante Villa, American Party Place, Tacoma, Washington

ARA Foundation Graduate Scholarships ($3,000 each)

  • Douglas Bartholomew, Primax USA d/b/a Allight Primax, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Megan Funke, QuickLifts, Indianapolis, Indiana

ARA Insurance Scholarship ($3,500)

  • Dylan Kohn, Miller’s Rentals & Sales, Edison, New Jersey

ARA of California Scholarships ($1,000 each)

  • Deanna Aleston, Action Rentals, Clovis, California 
  • Adam Carter, Porter Rents, Newark, California
  • Wesley Johnson, All Star Rents, Chico, California

ARA of Florida Scholarship ($1,000) 

  • Luke Schirmer, Chairs for Affairs Party Rentals, Melbourne, Florida

ARA of Illinois Scholarships ($1,000 each)

  • Seth Allen, Paxton Hardware and Rental, Paxton, Illinois
  • Quaid DeLacluyse, RAECO Rents, Bensenville, Illinois
  • John Hamilton, O’Leary’s Contractors Equipment & Supply Co., Chicago, illinois

ARA of Michigan Scholarships ($1,000 each)

  • Troy Kutcha, Kutcha’s Party Rental, Jackson, Michigan
  • Brian Walker, Your Event Party Rental, Plymouth, Michigan

ARA of New York Scholarships ($1,250 each)

  • Justin Begley, ABC Hardware & Rental, Buffalo, New York
  • Bradley Bliss, Elitsac, Castile, New York

ARA of North Carolina Scholarship ($1,000)

  • Logan Thomas, Creative Solutions, Gastonia, North Carolina

ARA of Ohio Scholarships ($750 each)

  • Emma Brueneman, Brueneman Sales, Harrison, Ohio 
  • Jacob Fritz, Lasting Impressions Event Rentals, Columbus, Ohio
  • Monica Haines, Canton Chair Rental, Canton, Ohio
  • Julia Lutsch, Handy Rents, Eastlake, Ohio
  • Kyle Mikonowicz, Great Lakes Rental, Toledo, Ohio
  • Evan Oyster, Highlift Equipment, Cincinnati, Ohio

ARA Region Two/Ron Marshall Scholarships ($750 each)

  • Cody Brown, Aztec Rental Center, Salem, Virginia
  • Dylan Kohn, Miller’s Rentals & Sales, Edison, New Jersey 

ARA Region 10/Dorothy Wellnitz Scholarship (US$1,500)

  • Chris Hrdlicka, Spectrum Rent-All, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

ARA Region 10/Doug Mitchell Scholarship (US$1,500)

  • Myra Altwasser, BRK Equipment Rentals, Brooks, Alberta, Canada

ARA of Tennessee Scholarship ($1,000)

  • Luke Champion, Christopher Equipment, Tullahoma, Tennessee

Bill Loomer Houston Rental Association Scholarship ($2,000)

  • Raelee Wilkins, Frontier Forklifts, Pearland, Texas

Texas Rental Association Scholarships ($1,000 each)

  • Colson Clark, Rocky Hill Equipment Rentals, Selma, Texas
  • Kyle Musgrove, Tejas Equipment Rental & Sales, San Antonio, Texas
  • Tyler Reim, Redtail Equipment Rental, College Station, Texas
  • Mattson Smith, Contractors Equipment Co., Dallas, texas
  • Jillian Stelck, Lonestar Outdoor Power Equipment, Onalaska, Texas

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