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Breinigsville Student Wins $123,000 from Dr Pepper
George Hayward, a Penn State student and Parkland grad from Breinigsville, won a $123,000 in tuition in a Dr Pepper promotion.
George Haywood of Breinigsville won $123,000 in Dr Pepper's 2010 Giveaway Promotion & Contest. Haywood, a 2009 graduate of Parkland, is now a junior architectural student at Penn State.
Haywood told The Morning Call that he had expected to graduate from Penn State with more than $30,000 in loans, but will now graduate debt-free.
All entrants in the contest had to submit an original video and those chosen were entered in a football throwing contest. Haywood won that contest at last year's during half-time at the Big 12 Championship game in December.
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As a result, Haywood got his picture on promotional cans of Dr. Pepper. The 2011 Dr Pepper Million Dollar Tuition Giveaway Promotion & Contest is now underway.
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