The American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) has awarded $25,000 in scholarships to the children of domestic fixtures industry people. The 10 $2,500 scholarships were presented in April by way of AHFA’s Solution Partners division, which sponsors an annual golfing tournament to aid the scholarship fund. Next yr, the division will add more scholarships, increasing the award overall to $30,000.
AHFA’s Solution Partners division is made from more than 150 corporations that deliver products and services to the residential fixtures industry international. In addition to the scholarship fund, the department’s annual golf tournament supports the MyFurnitureCareer.Com internet site, an initiative that enables recruit skilled people for positions in the domestic furnishings industry. This yr’s tournament is Wednesday, September 18, at Lake Hickory Country Club in Hickory, NC. Team sign-up and sponsorship statistics are at www.Ahfa.Us/events.
The 2019 Solution Partners Scholarship winners are Arik Daniels, son of Flexsteel worker Kevin Daniels; Kylie Davis, daughter of HSM Solutions employee Cindy Davis; Madison Drove, daughter of Vanguard employee Clinton Drove; Abigail Hanby, daughter of United worker Douglas Hanby; Hallie Kilbride, daughter of Norwalk employee John Kilbride; James Ortale, son of Ethan Allen employee Frank Ortale; Nolan Pratt, son of England employee Sondra Pratt; Jason Jimenez Pulido, son of Craftmaster worker Wilmar Jimenez; Makayla Ward, daughter of Hickory White employee Randall Ward; and Weston Warren, son of Franklin worker Roger Warren.
Eight of the one-year scholarships have been offered based totally on economic want and educational merit. Two were presented primarily based on academic merit on my own. Students can also reapply for the scholarship every year in school, provided a figure stays hired complete time at an AHFA member employer.
“With the value of higher training these days, families need all the help they could get,” says Mary O’Keeffe, Solution Partners Executive Director. “Our program is unique in that it isn’t always tied to any unique main, and the price range may be implemented to a 4-yr college, a community college, or a technical faculty.”
From motifs embedded in the folds of fabric to the way the tapestry is draped over it; such apparently minor aesthetic nuances make the concept of luxury extra suited. Textile gourmet Sarita Handa comprehended this fact 25 years in the past when she commenced her eponymous label. Now, as she introduces her fourth home design and decor keep in Defence Colony, she holds onto the equal layout ideas that have helped her release a logo, now a fabric haven.
Handa took many innovative leaps within the previous few years to conform with the evolving possibilities of the modern-day-day globetrotter. Adapting to trends has labored to her advantage and has kept the label’s signature needlework identification intact. The collection in all her shops is an amalgamation of pass-border, pass-cultural aesthetics because it indicates not simply the evolution but the enrichment of collective perceptions. As she takes us on a walk through the brand new save, the handcrafted South and Southwest Indian antiques stand out. These original chariot panels and ceremonial masks have now come to be unmarried décor pieces.
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