Invest in the Future of the Concrete Industry

Participate in the VRMCA Golf Scholarship Sponsorship

Donna Lamb was a student of Middle Tennessee State University when she received the VRMCA scholarship in 1999. She was 39, a widow and a parent when she applied.

One year earlier, she was working for the asphalt division of W-L Construction and Paving in Chilhowie and was on her way to work when her car ran under a tractor-trailer.

She sustained multiple injuries, including a broken arm and both legs broken below the knees. She was initially told that she would never walk again. Yet after numerous surgeries and physical therapy, she made a decision to return to school to further her education in a field she enjoyed.

She maintained her GPA, received the VRMCA scholarship for the remainder of her college career and graduated in 2002. Upon receiving her degree, she has worked for Connico Inc., a construction consulting firm in Nashville as an office administrator and now is founder and owner of DJ’s Construction Services, a company that offers final construction clean-up services. She is president of the Nashville Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC), as well. “ The scholarship was wonderful. It was a major part of what got me through college. Thank you so much for choosing me as one of your scholarship recipients,” states Lamb.

Success stories such as Donna’s demonstrate the importance of supporting college students who have sincere interest in the concrete industry. It also encourages the expansion of academic programs in concrete technology, similiar to the one offered at Middle Tennessee State University.

Other previous scholarship recipients include Andrew Berkley, who now works for Degussa in North Carolina and Brian DeChirico, who works for Degussa in Virginia.

Sponsorships are available to VRMCA producer and supplier members for $150.00 each at the golf tournament, which is to take place at the VRMCA Spring Convention, on Monday, May 22, at The Homestead, in Hot Springs, Virginia. Every producer and supplier company is encouraged to participate.

Sponsoring companies will receive recognition on golf holes assigned by VRMCA.

All sponsorships include:

• Company sign(s) (logo included if received) at assigned hole(s)
• Companies with multiple sponsorships receive recognition on the same number of holes sponsored
• Recognition at closing event
• Recognition in pre/post newsletters

Most importantly, sponsorships will provide a Virginia student with a scholarship to Middle Tennessee State University for a major in concrete technology. Please take the opportunity to contribute in this program. Participants at the 2005 Fall Convention at Wintergreen include:

• Allied Concrete Company
• Allied Ready Mix Company
• Boral Material Technologies Inc.
• Boxley Materials Company
• Brett Aggregates, Inc.
• Capital Concrete Inc.
• Cardinal-Virginia Concrete Company
• Crider & Shockey Inc.
• Degussa Admixtures Inc.
• Essroc Cement Corporation
• Florida Rock Industries
• Giant Cement Holding, Inc.
• Interstate Custom Crushing
• Lafarge North America
• Lehigh Cement Company
• Marshall Concrete Products
• Martin Marietta Aggregates
• McNeilus Companies Inc.
• McNeilus Truck & Manufacturing Inc.
• Newington Concrete Corporation
• Roanoke Cement Company
• Solomon Colors
• The SEFA Group
• Titan America
• Vulcan Construction Materials LP