EHS Graduate Wins Leaders Scholarship

Editor's Note: The following is a press release from the Comcast Foundation, released last week. Erik Rehnberg has served as an intern for Edina Patch, although his work with the site did not influence the decision to print this announcement.

The Comcast Foundation announced that Edina’s Erik Rehnberg, a senior at , has been named 2012 recipient of the annual Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program. The Comcast Foundation was founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives.

Rehnberg will be recognized at a reception at 11:30 a.m., June 18, 2012 at the Saint Paul Hotel hosted by Ralph Martinez, Comcast Regional Vice President, Twin Cities Region. Rehnberg was honored for his leadership as editor in chief of the school newspaper. He will attend the University of California, Los Angeles in the fall.

“Each year, we are excited to provide scholarships for these talented students,” said Mary Beth Schubert, Comcast’s vice president of corporate affairs. “Comcast seeks students who demonstrate leadership abilities in school activities and who reflect a strong commitment to community service. These students are our future leaders and we hope these scholarships will help to power their dreams for success.”

The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program provides one-time $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors who strive to achieve their potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their communities, who are involved in their schools and who serve as models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program is to give young people every opportunity to be prepared for the future, to engage youth in their communities, and to demonstrate the importance of civic involvement and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.

 Since the national program’s inception in 1999, Comcast has provided scholarships to over 17,000 students totaling over $17 million. In the Twin Cities, Comcast started its student scholarship program in 2004 and to date has honored 306 students, totaling $326,000.