Dorothy Wellnitz Scholarship awarded to Nicholas Barry

Nicholas Barry is the 2009 recipient of the Dorothy Wellnitz Scholarship.

July 13, 2010 — Nicholas Barry of Rental Network in Squamish, British Columbia, has officially been awarded the Dorothy Wellnitz Scholarship.

The Dorothy Wellnitz Scholarship, named in honour of the former executive director of the Canadian Rental Association, is worth US$1,000. The scholarship is administered by the ARA Foundation, which offers a total of 23 scholarships available to those in the rental industry.

"Nicholas always strives to do his very best and the very best that is possible," says Dan Barry, Nicholas' father and co-owner of Rental Network. "He's overcome a great deal of adversity to get to this point. It would make any parent very proud."

Barry has a lot to be proud of. Not only did his son Nicholas receive the Dorothy Wellnitz scholarship this year, his daughter Elizabeth received the same scholarship some years back.

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