7/16/2015
Five Gilchrist Scholarship Winners Named
Robbie and Gina Gilchrist
The Gilchrist Foundation has awarded five scholarships for 2015, bringing the foundation’s total to 50 since being formed in 2000.
Scholarships winners thus far for 2015 are: Brendon Young, Elgin Fasteners, via The Southeastern Fastener Association; Jack Nelson, Global Fasteners Engineering; Van Nelson, Global Fasteners Engineering; Pete Nelson, Global Fasteners Engineering.
A sixth award will be given to an applicant from the Mid-West Fastener Association in November.
Robbie Gilchrist and Gina Gilchrist established the Gilchrist Foundation Fastener Scholarship to return something to an industry. They opened Capital Fasteners Inc. in 1985 in North Carolina and sold the multi-state distributorship in 1999.
The Gilchrist Foundation invites additional applications. Applicants can be full time or part time students working in the industry or children of working fastener people. Web: gilchristfoundation.com
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