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2006 Young Entrepreneur Award Recipients

The NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation has awarded 408 scholarships to future entrepreneurs with the 2006 NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards, a scholarship program to set future small-business owners on the path to entrepreneurship. The Young Entrepreneur Award winners will attend the university, college, community college, or vocational/technical institute of their choice with $1,000 in tuition assistance from the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation. The scholarships are supported by the Foundation's endowment, and by many small-business leaders, corporations and foundations nationwide.

NFIB and Visa USA, a major sponsor, named Ashley Gunn of Brandon, Miss., as the national award winner. The founder of a non-proft business that buys, renovates and sells abandoned homes to families in need, Gunn received a $10,000 educational scholarship that will be sent to the University of Pennsylvania to help defray the cost of tuition this fall.

Five regional winners were announced as well:
Northeast region winner: Andrew J. Sohn of Teaneck, N.J.
Central region winner: Leah J. Hansen of Letcher, S.D.
Midwest region winner: Joseph A. Pascaretta of Rochester, Mich.
Western region winner: Elliot Bradshaw of Bellingham, Wash.

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