DeCA Releases Scholarships Published June 18, 2009 By Carrie Williams DeCA Marketing F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. -- "And the winners of a $1,500 scholarship are Melissa Morgan from Cheyenne, Aaron Bradley from Fort Collins, Colo., and Erik Mitchell from Cheyenne," announced Kathy Beatty, store director at the Warren Commissary. The scholarships are part of the Scholarships for Military Children Program, funded by manufacturers and suppliers who provide products and services for commissaries around the globe. "We're excited to report that the scholarship program continues to be a success in helping military families defray the cost of education," said Defense Commissary Agency Director and Chief Executive Officer Philip E. Sakowitz Jr. "We're proud to be associated with a program that has awarded 4,132 scholarships totaling more than $6.4 million since its inception in 2001." Scholarship Managers, a professional scholarship firm, selects the winners based on academic merit, participation in extracurricular and volunteer activities and the quality of their essays. Recipients are notified by letter. The full list of scholarship recipients and sponsoring business partners can be found online at http://www.militaryscholar.org. Nearly every one of the Defense Commissary Agency's stores will announce a local winner; many commissaries will announce multiple winners.