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Four IBEW Family Members
Win Union Plus Scholarships

September 2005 IBEW Journal

Frank Ambrosio, III, Janelle Moody, Kelsey Rae Snyder and Pamela Toman, all children of IBEW members, have been selected to receive the 2005 Union Plus scholarship awards.

Janelle Moody

Janelle Moody, whose family has dedicated many years of service to Vallejo, California, IBEW Local 180, aims at a career as an occupational therapist. “I feel that the very heart of the union movement is about helping working people overcome things that would otherwise attempt to disable them from the American dream,” says Moody, who is legally blind. Her award was $1,000.

Frank Ambrosio, III’s father, two uncles, great uncle and grandfather are all members of IBEW Local 25 in Long Island, N.Y. “Needless to say,” he says, “my daily life is extremely influenced by the union and the inherent success of the labor movement.” He will apply his $1,000 award to his career goal of becoming an FBI agent.

Kelsey Snyder’s father, Murray, is a unit president and steward in IBEW Local 1593, Hazen, North Dakota. “I now understand,” she says, “the significant role the union has played in promoting fair wages, benefits and a skilled and united work force.” Her $500 award will help her to pursue a biological sciences degree in ecology with emphasis on fish and wildlife management.

Pamela Toman

Pam Toman’s perfect score on her SAT’s sent her to Georgetown University, where she is co-founder of the Elections and Politics Cluster, which arranges and hosts small discussions with former members of Congress. The daughter of Chicago Local 134’s Timothy Toman, she was awarded $1,000.

In extending congratulations to all award winners, International President Edwin Hill recognizes that each applicant submitted an essay detailing their relationship with the union movement and explaining why they are deserving of a union scholarship. He says: “Whatever fields these members of the IBEW family enter, I am confident that respect for workers and unions will be a part of their daily ethic.

Applications for the 2006 Union Plus scholarship awards will be available in September 2005. To download the application from the Union Privilege Web site, at that time, visit www.unionplus.org/scholarships. Or send a postcard with your name, return address, telephone number and international union name to Union Plus Education Foundation, c/o Union Privilege, P.O. Box 34800, Washington, D.C. 20043-4800.