50 KEYNOTES JULY/AUGUST 2023 WWW.ALOA.ORG ALOA 2023 Scholarship Recipients ALOA Scholarship Foundation 2023 Scholarship Recipients Congratulations to this year’s recipients! he ALOA Scholar- ship Foundation’s (ASF) board of direc- tors is pleased to an- nounce that through the support and donations made by AM- SEC and many individual contributors, ASF was able to award eight one-week scholarships this year to the ALOA Con- vention & Security Expo. Congratula- tions to Eric Besanceny, Fritz Bookman, Melinda Bookman, Alex Charbonneau, Stuart Epley, Zach Frost, James Johnson and Albert Perez. Since 1987, the ALOA Scholarship Foundation — a non-profit 501(c)(3), tax-exempt, educational corporation — has awarded more than 400 scholarships! The purpose of ASF is to provide funding for locksmith educational programs and as- sistance to individuals who wish to pursue a career in locksmithing. The support of industry manufacturers and distributors is critical to continuing the ASF mission. The board would like to thank AMSEC for its generous, decade-plus of support, and would like to encourage all lock- smiths — especially all recipients of an ASF Scholarship — to support AMSEC with their patronage. Their generous, an- nual donations are an important invest- ment in the next generation of locksmiths and security professionals and help en- sure a bright future for our industry. The ASF encourages manufacturers and distributors to consider donating to ASF to invest in the industry lead- ers of tomorrow. Please contact an ASF board member or our ASF liaison, Dawne Chandler ([email protected]), to make your monetary or product donation. ASF would also like to thank our fel- low ALOA members who have provided a donation with their annual member- ship renewal. Your gift of education is appreciated and has directly benefited this year’s applicants. When you see the ASF scholarship re- cipients during the convention, please introduce yourself and extend a warm industry welcome by sharing advice and guidance. AMSEC & ASF: A “Safe” Partnership Sometimes, two entities get together for what initially seems like a great idea but ultimately goes down in flames. Other times, two entities join forces for one great cause and create a partnership that endures long beyond expectations. AMSEC and ASF are a tremendous example of the latter! And, like a vin- tage cabernet sauvignon, the relation- ship just seems to get better with each passing year. Many people simply know the company as AMSEC, but American Security Prod- ucts is the company’s full name. AMSEC began in the late 1940s in a small build- ing in Paramount, CA, where founder Glenn Halls set up shop with little more than a welder, a lathe and a desire to build strong safes. Now, AMSEC is the world’s best-known provider of security safes and security solutions. AMSEC has been a powerful ally of ASF for more than 10 years by providing the Foundation with its No. 1 attraction to the convention booth each year: a full- size gun safe. Its generous donation to ASF each year has resulted in more than $20,000 in donations via the raffle in the last decade. This year is no exception. Once again, T “ The support of industry manufacturers and distributors is critical to continuing the ASF mission.”
