USA Funds Helps McDonald’s Honor Black History Makers of Tomorrow

Fourteen outstanding high-school students received scholarships Feb. 27 at the Indiana Statehouse as part of McDonald’s Restaurants of Central Indiana’s Black History Makers of Tomorrow program. For each of the past five years, USA Funds^® has awarded $10,000 in support of the program.

The Black History Makers of Tomorrow program honors Indiana juniors and seniors who demonstrate exceptional leadership, character and community service. Scholarship recipients are selected based on their academic achievement, character, community service and submitted essays. Each student receives a $1,000 college scholarship from McDonald’s Restaurants of Central Indiana.

Celebrating the contributions of multiculturalism in Indiana is the basis of the McDonald’s Black History Makers of Tomorrow program. The goal is for students to reveal their plans for multiculturalism in Indiana and show how they effectively celebrate their ethnicity with cultures outside their own.

“The Black History Makers program is one of our great educational outreach programs,” says James Poore, McDonald’s owner and operator. “It provides an opportunity for all students, regardless of their cultural background, the opportunity to come together as one and showcase their vision of the future for our great state.”

The 2006–2007 Black History Makers of Tomorrow are as follows:

• Ashley Adkins, Logansport High School.
• Anna Cristina Arteaga, Northwest High School, Indianapolis.
• Mindy Beaty, Muncie Southside High School.
• Tanei Livingston, Broad Ripple High School, Indianapolis.
• Kimberly Dotson, Pioneer High School, Royal Center.
• Kellyn Rowe, Logansport High School.
• Courtney Murray, Columbus North High School.
• Joshua Chambers, Delta High School, Muncie.
• Holley Pace, Bedford North Lawrence High School.
• Kevona Sargent, Broad Ripple High School.
• Brooke Moreland, Broad Ripple High School.
• Ted Schnittgen, Zionsville Community High School.
• Vashni Johnson, Broad Ripple High School.
• Kylie Doubman, Knightstown High School.

“USA Funds’ support of the McDonald’s Black History Makers of Tomorrow program is consistent with USA Funds’ mission to promote postsecondary-education preparedness, access and success,” says Alicia Roberts, USA Funds assistant manager, philanthropy, who greeted participants at the event on behalf of USA Funds. “These students are tomorrow’s leaders, and it is an honor to be a part of a program that recognizes them and helps them pursue their postsecondary education.”