The National Federation of Independent Business’ Young Entrepreneur Foundation today announced the recipients of the 13th annual NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards, a scholarship program designed to reward and encourage entrepreneurial talents among high school students.
“America’s young people have caught the entrepreneurial bug, and we could not be more confident in our next generation of business owners,” said Molly Young, director of the Young Entrepreneur Foundation. “We are impressed year after year with the quality of these hard-working, innovative high school students who are making their entrepreneurial dreams happen.”
The 2015 YEF Award winners from South Carolina is Robert Bruner, Orangeburg Preparatory School, winner the $1,000 NFIB/June Lennon Young Entrepreneur Award. Robert owns Blake’s Pet Service and plans to attend Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College.
“We were impressed by Robert’s initiative and entrepreneurial spirit,” said Ben Homeyer, state director of NFIB/South Carolina. “Starting
and running a small business is never easy, but doing it while you’re still in
school is even harder. We want to congratulate Robert, and we look for great
things from him in the future.”
In addition to recognizing these outstanding young entrepreneurs, the Young Entrepreneur Foundation will honor five students selected as Young Entrepreneurs of the Year Award finalists at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. on July 23. During the event, the winners of the “2015 NFIB Young Entrepreneur of the Year” and “2015 NFIB Dan Danner Leadership Award” will be named and each awarded a $15,000 scholarship. The remaining three finalists will each receive a $5000.00 scholarship.
“NFIB congratulates this year’s winners for their tremendous accomplishments and hopes the scholarships will assist these young entrepreneurs as they continue on their paths towards successful futures,” Young said.
To qualify for an NFIB Young Entrepreneur Award, students must be seniors in high school who own and/or operate their own small business. They are required to write an essay describing their entrepreneurial endeavors and future goals. NFIB members around the country interview the applicants for the Young Entrepreneur Awards.
To learn more, visit www.NFIB.com/YEF.
