ATSSA Signal July/August 2019

American Traffic Safety Services Association 26 The Foundation The RoadwayWorker Memorial Scholarship programof fers a brighter road ahead for those whose lives have been impacted by the tragedy of a work zone incident. The ultimate goal is to achieve our objective of Toward Zero Deaths on our nation’s roadways, but until that objective is achieved, The Foundation serves a vital role of support and comfort. VA WA OR CA NV ID MT AK HI WY UT CO OK TX NM AZ KS NE SD ND AR LA WI MO IA MN TN OH MS IN IL KY MI SC MD NJ AL PA NC NY FL GA WV CT MA ME NH VT DE RI Tessa Beard (Highland, Illinois) Jacob Schwarz (Monee, Illinois) Cameron Hutt (Cleveland, Tennessee) Marcie Walker (Dry Ridge, Kentucky) Cody Garner (Batesville, Arkansas) Andrea Pair (Spiro, Oklahoma) Brionna Lizotte (Montreal, Missouri) Aaron Baker (LeCenter, Minnesota) Mariela Lara (Ojai, California) The ATSS Foundation has announced the nine recipients of the 2019–2020 Road- way Worker Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship offers educational op- portunities to dependents of roadway workers killed or permanently disabled in work zone crashes, by providing re- cipients with financial assistance for post-high school education. Scholarships are valued up to $10,000. Applicants with a strong commitment to volunteerism may apply to receive an additional $1,000 Chuck Bailey scholarship. The Foundation President David Kra- hulec of Horizon Signal Technologies believes, “The Roadway Worker Memo- rial Scholarship program offers a bright- er road ahead for those whose lives have been impacted by the tragedy of a work zone incident. The ultimate goal is to achieve our objective of Toward Zero Deaths on our nation’s roadways, but until that objective is achieved, The Foun- dation serves a vital role of support and Roadway Worker Memorial Scholarship: A brighter road ahead Nine recipients announced for The ATSS Foundation scholarship comfort. It’s important to remember that none of The Foundation programs would be possible without the generous sup- port of the ATSSA membership and oth- er concerned parties.”