Students receive $8,000 scholarships

Three recent high school graduates have been selected as recipients of a Georgia-Pacific Foundation Employees' Children Scholarship. Jake Arendsen of George Walton Comprehensive High School, Jason Clark of Alan C. Pope High School and Jamie Brener of Lassiter High School will each receive up to $8,000 toward college. Each year, the company awards 50 scholarships to children of employees across the country.

"We're very proud to support our employees' children through this program," said Curley M. Dossman, Jr., president of the Georgia-Pacific Foundation. "Investing in education has always been an important focus for us, but this program is especially meaningful because our employees are directly impacted. We look forward to helping these students on their path to academic success."

Jake is the son of Steven Arendsen, vice-president of procurement for Georgia-Pacific. At George Walton Comprehensive High School, Jake played baseball and basketball, was a member of the Science National Honors Society, and earned numerous academic awards, including recongition as a Merit Scholar. Jake will attend the University of Georgia to study finance.

Jason Clark's mother, Noel, is an accountant for Georgia-Pacific. While at Alan C. Pope High School, Jason served as president of Relay for Life, participated in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk, and founded the Guitar Club. He also plays professional guitar gigs. In the fall, Jason will attend Arizona State University, studying Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering with dreams of becoming an astronaut, a rock star or both.

Jamie Brener's father Howard leads the Channel Insights and Activation team for Georgia-Pacific Professional. At Lassiter High School, Jamie was a member of the National Honor Society and the Science National Honor Society. She also tutored students in math and played soccer. Jamie will attend the University of Georgia majoring in English and studying creative writing with ho pes of becoming a lawyer.

The Georgia-Pacific Foundation Scholarship Program for Employees' Children awards $2,000 per year for up to four years of full-time college undergraduate study or until baccalaureate degree requirements are completed, whichever occurs first, for a total maximum award of $8,000.

Since the scholarship program began in 1988, Georgia-Pacific has awarded 1,400 scholarships totaling $11.4 million. The program is administered by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation and is open to children of all active, full-time employees of Georgia-Pacific in the United States.

Based in Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific and its subsidiaries are among the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of bath tissue, paper towels and napkins, tableware, paper-based packaging, office papers, cellulose, specialty fibers, nonwoven fabrics, building products and related chemicals.

The company employs approximately 35,000 people directly, and creates nearly 130,0 00 jobs indirectly. Founded in 1958, the Georgia-Pacific Foundation has four key investment areas: education, community enrichment, environment and entrepreneurship. For more information on the Georgia-Pacific Foundation, visit www.gp.com/gpfoundation.

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