HS, Girard Academic Music Program, Horace Howard Furness HS, John Bartram HS, Lower Merion HS, Motivation HS, Overbrook HS, Philadelphia HS for Business & Technology, Philadelphia HS for Creative & Performing Arts, Roman Catholic HS, SS. John Neumann & Maria Gorreti HS, South Philadelphia HS, University City HS and West Philadelphia HS.
Over 130 students, parents, and school representatives attended the ceremony held in the showroom of Pacifico Ford on Essington Avenue in the Airport Auto Mall. The awards this year will bring his total scholarship giveaways to over $1.5 million. They have continued unabated from the time the Pacifico Organization was first
founded. That auto group operates Ford, Hyundai and Mazda franchises at the Auto Mall, as well as Pacifico Airport Valet. In addition to his duties as president, Kerry, Sr., serves as honorary director of the Automobile Dealers Association of Greater Philadelphia and is on the Board of Trustees for the Auto Dealers CARing for Kids Foundation.
The Public Record • May 19, 2011
HOLDING UP scholarship winners’ plaques are Kerry Pacifico, Sr., General Mgr. Tom Flynn and Joseph Pacifico.
Kerry T. Pacifico, Sr., president of the Pacifico Automotive Organization and the Pacifico Family Foundation, yesterday marked his 47th year of giving out cash scholarships to local high schools and seniors. This year, Kerry awarded $2,000 scholarships to each of the following schools: Academy at Palumbo, Communications Technology HS, Edward W. Bok Technical
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Pacifico: 47 Years Of Scholarship Giving
MARIE PACIFICO, who heads Mazda Hyundai division of Pacifico Auto Group, checks on list with her dad Kerry, Sr.
KERRY PACIFICO, Jr., standing left, listens as his dad addresses over 100 students and high-school representatives at 47th scholarship giveaway.
Enjoying Delaware Breeze
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TAKING a break before Election Day at Republican Wards 23, 54, and 62’s annual Yacht Club frolic were Ward Leader John Stalmaster, Councilman Frank Rizzo, Marie Delany, Malcolm Lazin and Ward Leader Bill Pettigrew.