May 2, 2016, Deposit, N.Y. – Leonard Bus Sales announced today that the company presented Abigail Whipple of Chautauqua Lake Central School with a $1,000 National Honor Society Scholarship during the Chautauqua Lake Honor Society’s inaugural banquet on April 18th in Mayville, NY.
“It is an honor to be able to recognize Abigail Whipple for her hard work and dedication to academic excellence,” said Leonard Bus Sales President & CEO Mike Leonard. “Abigail is a well-rounded and exceptional student who deserves to be celebrated for her accomplishments. At Leonard Bus Sales we feel it is our responsibility to do what we can to promote student success in and outside the classroom. We wish her all the best as she pursues a college degree and a future career in healthcare.”
Leonard Bus Sales Transportation Advisor, Dave Rindo, from the Bergen customer support facility was on-hand to present the scholarship to Abigail during the inaugural banquet.
Abigail is a senior at Chautauqua Lake Central School and member of the National Honor Society. She was awarded the scholarship sponsored by Leonard Bus Sales due to her outstanding academic achievements, community involvement, and good standing in the National Honor Society.
Abigail lives in Mayville, NY with her parents, Gary and Lee Whipple. She is active in the Spanish and French Club, Student Administration, and a member of the school’s yearbook staff. Abigail has also won the Student of the Month award from the Westfield-Mayville Rotary Club and was named to the Dean’s List at Jamestown Community College for her part-time studies.
The event, which was held at the Chautauqua Suites Meeting & Expo Center in Mayville, brought together nearly 150 National Honor Society student members from eleven different high schools throughout the area for an evening of recognition, celebration and networking.
Photo: (courtesy of Kibbe photography) Bergen Transportation Advisor Dave Rindo and scholarship award winner Abigail Whipple.
Coverage of the event in the Chautauqua Star here, the Post-Journal here and the Observer Today here.
Leonard Bus Sales, Inc. is owned and operated by the Leonard family, a recognized leader in the distribution and support of quality, environmentally-friendly school buses. A third generation family-owned business, Leonard Bus Sales has a fifty-year history of providing cost-saving fleet management services and award-winning customer support. Leonard Bus Sales is a leading-distributor of IC BusTM brand buses in Upstate New York. The company also distributes Type-A school buses from Trans Tech throughout New York. The company is headquartered in Deposit, NY and operates four full-service facilities in Bergen, Rome, Saratoga Springs and a Trans Tech Type-A facility in Garden City Park, N.Y.