LONG BEACH, Calif.– At the close of the 2015 school year, LBS Financial Credit Union awarded scholarships to 35 students in Long Beach, Lakewood, Cerritos and surrounding communities.
Each year, LBS Financial encourages local area high schools, adult schools and community colleges to participate in their scholarship program by selecting a deserving student to receive an award. This year, 31 high school, two college and two adult school students were awarded scholarships up to $500. The credit union works directly with each school to select the recipient and present a plaque with the check to the student.
The credit union also offers a $1,000 scholarship each year. Any LBS Financial member in their final year of high school or first three years of college is eligible to apply. One winner is selected for the $1,000 scholarship by a credit union employee committee. Lily Seitelman of Long Beach, California is the 2015 LBS Financial Credit Union Scholarship winner. She graduated from Polytechnic High School in June and will be attending University of California, Berkeley to study applied mathematics starting in fall 2015.
“There continues to be a great need for financial assistance for college and LBS Financial is pleased to help these students reach their educational goals,” said LBS Financial’s President and CEO Jeffrey Napper. “These students bring pride to their families, schools and neighborhoods, including us at LBS Financial.”