NEW ALBANY, Ohio, May 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Abercrombie
& Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) and the National Society of High School
Scholars Foundation (NSHSS), a 501c3 non-profit charity, are
pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Abercrombie & Fitch
Anti-Bullying Scholarship Award Program.
Abercrombie & Fitch created this Scholarship Program in 2013
as part of its global anti-bullying campaign.
The scholarships are given to high school seniors who
academically persevered while experiencing bullying, and for
students who have led anti-bullying efforts in their schools and
communities. Nearly 1,500 applications were received
internationally, and ten students were selected based on personal
responses describing how they have persevered or helped promote
anti-bullying awareness in their school or community.
Winners of the 2015 award are:
Jamie Behymer (Cactus Shadows
High School, Scottsdale, AZ)
Arisbeth Covarrubia (Arcadia High
School, Phoenix, AZ)
Stephanie Duno (Ronald W. Reagan
Doral Senior High School, Doral,
FL)
Matthew Kaplan (Tesseract School,
Phoenix, AZ)
Kathleen Lonski (East Brunswick High
School, East Brunswick, NJ)
Elena Pierson (Arcadia High School,
Phoenix, AZ)
Oliver Piltch (San Marcos High
School, Santa Barbara, CA)
Cassandra Powell (San Clemente High
School, San Clemente, CA)
Cassidy Taladay (Lincoln High School, Lincoln, NE)
Ethan Widoff (Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, CO)
Each recipient will be awarded $2,500 toward his or her college tuition.
These scholarships are renewable for up to three years following
the scholarship winner's freshman year.
"The NSHSS Foundation is proud to support these scholars who are
demonstrating incredible courage and fortitude," said Claes Nobel, founder of the NSHSS Foundation and
senior member of the family that established the Nobel
Prizes. "We are proud to partner with Abercrombie & Fitch
to provide young people with encouragement to create change in
their communities and with resources to support their higher
education goals."
"Once again, we were excited to see so many wonderful programs
being initiated in these students' schools and communities to help
further educate and bring attention to this cultural issue," said
John Gabrielli, Senior Vice
President, Human Resources and Diversity & Inclusion for
Abercrombie & Fitch. "We commend them for their leadership and
their efforts to stop bullying."
Abercrombie & Fitch continues to focus on anti-bullying
awareness and will be making announcements on their 2015
initiatives in the coming months.
About Abercrombie & Fitch
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. is a leading global specialty
retailer of high-quality, casual apparel for men, women and kids
with an active, youthful lifestyle under its Abercrombie &
Fitch, abercrombie kids, and Hollister Co. At the end of the
first quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company operated 789 stores in
the United States and 173 stores
across Canada, Europe, Asia,
Australia and the Middle
East. The Company also operates e-commerce websites at
www.abercrombie.com, www.abercrombiekids.com and
www.hollisterco.com.
About The NSHSS Foundation
Renowned champion of youth leadership and environmental
stewardship and senior member of the family that established the
Nobel Prizes, Claes Nobel has
continued his family's legacy of recognizing and rewarding
outstanding achievement by founding The National Society of High
School Scholars Foundation, a 501c3 public charity, in
2004.
The NSHSS Foundation is dedicated to supporting education in the
form of scholarships for under-represented students in STEM career
majors, as well as business, economics, and public policy career
majors. The Foundation recognizes the need to produce more
graduates in these fields in order to meet the demands of an
ever-changing global economy and society to create a better future
for all. For more information visit www.nshssfoundation.org.
Follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/nshssfoundation) and
Twitter (www.twitter.com/nshssfoundation.)
Media Contact:
Michael
Scheiner
Abercrombie & Fitch
614-283-6192
Public_Relations@abercrombie.com
NSHSS:
Erica Petri
Definition 6
Erica.petri@definition6.com
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