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Release: Simon Property Group and Burlington Mall Award Burlington Student a Scholarship

Burlington resident Kyle Stanley was awarded a $1,400 scholarship to help pay for college

The following is a release from Simon Property Group and the Burlington Mall: 

The Simon Youth Scholarships program, sponsored by Simon Youth Foundation, a national nonprofit that champions education opportunities for students of all backgrounds, has granted $1.15 million in nationwide scholarship awards in 2011. The scholarships are being granted in partnership with .

Scholarship winner, Kyle Stanley, will put the $1,400 scholarship he was awarded toward his fall studies either at URI or a nearby community college.

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Simon Youth Foundation, established in 1998, sponsors 24 academies in 14 U.S. states with its local public school partners that give at-risk students the same education they would receive in a traditional classroom while offering the flexibility that their individual circumstances require. Recipient of the Crystal Star Award of Excellence in Dropout Prevention from the National Dropout Prevention Center, the foundation has helped more than 8,000 students earn their high school diploma and provide

About Simon Property Group:

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Simon Property Group, Inc. is an S&P 500 company and the largest real estate company in the U.S. The Company currently owns or has an interest in 392 retail real estate properties comprising 263 million square feet of gross leasable area in North America, Europe and Asia. Simon Property Group is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana and employs more than 5,000 people worldwide. The Company's common stock is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol SPG. For further information, visit the Simon Property Group website at www.simon.com.

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