Henry Mitchell Receives Luber-finer® National FFA Scholarship

York, SC, high school student receives $1,000 award for continuing education

Albion, IL, May 31, 2012 – The Luber-finer® brand of heavy-duty filtration products and its parent company Champion Laboratories, Inc., with a facility located in York, SC, has continued to support local communities by awarding a $1,000 National FFA Collegiate Scholarship Program award to Henry Mitchell. A resident of York, SC, and a 2012 graduate of York Comprehensive High in York, SC, Mitchell plans to continue his education in the fall at York Technical College, Rock Hill, SC, where he will pursue a course of study in Animal Breeding & Genetics.

The National FFA was founded in 1928 as the “Future Farmers of America.” In 1988, the name of the organization was changed to The National FFA Organization to reflect the growing diversity of the agricultural industry. Today, membership exceeds 500,000 and the organization is part of agricultural-education programs at the middle and high-school levels throughout the United States. Every year, approximately $2 million in scholarship money is made available to National FFA members through the organization’s Scholarship Program with the help of companies like Luber-finer®, which has been a sponsor of the National FFA and its Scholarship Program for over 16 years now.

Mitchell, who is the son of William and Marie Mitchell, was chosen as the recipient of the Luber-finer® scholarship based on his 3.7 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale, rank of 50th in a graduating class, and commitment to seeking a degree in an agriculture-based discipline. The selection process also took into account Mitchell’s FFA involvement, work experience, community service and leadership skills.

Luber-finer® serves the agricultural market with a broad line of heavy-duty filter applications. Luber-finer® brand has been a proud sponsor of the National FFA Collegiate Scholarship Program since 1996.

For more information on Luber-finer®, please visit www.luberfiner.com. For more information on the National FFA Organization, go to www.ffa.org.

Luber-finer® provides premium filtration solutions for all fleets and on highway, as well as all off-road applications such as heavy construction, mining, agriculture, oil and gas industry and marine. Luber-finer® has been a trusted name in filters since 1936, providing high efficiency performance in the most demanding work environments. For more information visit www.luber-finer.com or call (800) 851-3641.

posted by Averi Goodman