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Yesterday was one of the proudest days of my 10 year career with NRF and Shop.org.
Shop.org awarded six $2,500 scholarships to the each of the members of the winning team of the American Express / NRF Foundation National Intercollegiate Retail Challenge. The students did an amazing job on this project with the help of some very experienced mentors from the industry. Winning the scholarship money came as a surprise to the students and it was wonderful to see the expressions on their faces when they heard the news. Even more gratifying was that two members of Ray’s family who were there for this moment - Maria Greenly, Ray’s wife and Valerie Greenly, Ray’s sister.
Four of the six winners of the scholarships (middle) as well as Rich Last from JC Penney and Chairman of Shop.org (far left), Valerie Greenly (second to the left), and Maria Greenly (3rd to the left).
The best news is that there should many more proud days in the future since Shop.org has raised nearly $900,000 for the scholarship fund to date and we plan to agressively donate money from the fund in the upcoming year.
I’d like to thank Kathy Mance who runs the NRF Foundation for tying the Ray M. Greenly Scholarship to the NRF Foundation student challenge project. I’d also like to congratulate Melinda Burke of the Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing at the University of Arizona, who was the advisory to the winning team for the second year in a row.
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Scott, This is great program, in honor of a great guy. Thanks to you and Rich for seeing this through.
Well done, Scott, Rich and Kathy…
How fantastic! I think of Ray every year at this time…we always kicked off SORO around NRF and every year I miss him. The fund is such a great way to honor and remember him.