Coors Brewing Company to Serve as Co-Sponsor and Donor at KAGRO of Maryland's 11th Annual Scholarship Awards.

GOLDEN, Colo. -- Coors Brewing Company announced that it will donate $8,000 to the Korean American Grocers Association (KAGRO) of Maryland, Inc.'s scholarship fund. The donation is part of the company's long-standing commitment to KAGRO's annual program which awards 11 merit scholarships to students in Korean-American and other communities.

"Coors welcomes this opportunity to show our support for academic excellence," said Joanne Tabellija, corporate relations manager, Coors Brewing Company. "We especially appreciate the emphasis KAGRO places on higher education."

The scholarships will be presented to the recipients during the 11th Annual KAGRO Scholarship Award Ceremony and Year-End Party. The ceremony, co-sponsored by Coors, will be held at Baltimore's Millennium Hall of Seoul Plaza at 7:00 p.m. on December 10. In attendance will be the scholarship recipients, their families, members of KAGRO and other special guests.

"The Maryland KAGRO counts Coors as one of our strong partners. We appreciate the generous donation Coors has made to our scholarship fund and look forward to continuing our relationship in the future," said Kap Yung Park, president of KAGRO of Maryland.

KAGRO of Maryland, a nonprofit coalition, is one of 26 chapters in the U.S. and four chapters in Canada under the National KAGRO organization which has 25,000 store members. To learn more about KAGRO of Maryland and its annual scholarship program, call its office at 410-244-5802.

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