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Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s
Joins
The Huge Foundation to
Award $40,000 in
Scholarships to Tomorrow’s
Female Leaders
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Springfield,
MO – May 2019 / Newsmaker Alert / Outdoor
retailers Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s,
together with The Harry &
Reba Huge Foundation, have granted four young women with $10,000 scholarships
to encourage tomorrow’s female leaders in its home states of Missouri and
Nebraska.
The
2019 Women in Leadership scholarship recipients are:
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Leslie
Azwell of Maryland Heights, Missouri
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Sophia
Jackson of Nixa, Missouri
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Floreana
Cordova-Dickerson of Lincoln, Nebraska
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Meera
Nair of Omaha, Nebraska
“We are
proud to continue this project with Bass Pro and Cabela’s and offer these
four young women support for their higher education goals,” said Jim Huge,
director of the Foundation. “This opportunity provides these students from
small towns, rural communities and surrounding cities the opportunity to
move forward with their education, shaping future female leaders in Missouri
and Nebraska for years to come.”
The
Women in Leadership scholarship program is part of an initiative by Bass
Pro Shops and Cabela’s to encourage young women to become tomorrow’s leaders.
This is the seventh year Cabela’s and Bass Pro Shops have partnered with
The Huge Foundation to award scholarships to deserving students. Since
establishing the Women in Leadership scholarship program in 2012, Bass
Pro Shops and Cabela’s have worked with The Huge Foundation to provide
$280,000 in scholarship funding to female high school students in Missouri
and Nebraska.
Selected
students receive $2,500 each collegiate year for an individual total award
of $10,000. Additionally, the scholarship winners have access to personalized
educational and career mentoring as well as potential internships and connection
to professional networking opportunities.
About
The Huge Foundation
The
Harry & Reba Huge Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit providing
scholarships and opportunities for student scholars with the drive and
potential to be leaders. Through international student and professional
exchange and development programs, students, donors, and teachers are given
the chance to expand their view and excel.
Students
receive unparalleled personal attention from the Foundation’s founders
and leaders, funds that assist with or pay for their education, and the
opportunity to bridge their home culture and experiences with different
ones across the world. Together, it means that students are given an even
rarer chance - to make a difference.
About
Bass Pro Shops
Bass
Pro Shops is North America’s premier outdoor and conservation company.
Founded in 1972 when avid young angler Johnny Morris began selling tackle
out of his father’s liquor store in Springfield, Missouri, today the company
provides customers with unmatched offerings spanning premier destination
retail, outdoor equipment manufacturing, world-class resort destinations
and more. In 2017 Bass Pro Shops acquired Cabela’s
to create a “best-of-the-best” experience with superior products, dynamic
locations and outstanding customer service. Bass Pro Shops also operates
White River Marine Group, offering an unsurpassed collection of industry-leading
boat brands, and Big Cedar Lodge, America’s Premier Wilderness Resort.
Under the visionary conservation leadership of Johnny Morris, Bass Pro
Shops is a national leader in protecting habitat and introducing families
to the outdoors and has been named by Forbes as “one of America’s Best
Employers.”
Media
Contact:
Bass
Pro Shops
Jack
Wlezien
press@basspro.com
417-873-4567 |