Snellville Commerce Club Awards Scholarships

The Snellville Commerce Club, established in 1984, selected two out of fifteen applicants as the recipients of a $1,000 scholarship.  The event is the largest charitable event of the year for the club. 

Brookwood’s Aida Syrkett and South Gwinnett’s Erika Galdamez, both seniors, won the scholarship for their outstanding academic achievements and their participation in the Future Business Leaders of America program.  

According to the Chamber of Commerce, Aida has a 4.0 GPA and participates in her school’s Reading Club and Computer Science Club.  She also tutors.  Besides the FBLA/DECA scholarship, she received a National Achievement Award from the National Merit Corporation.  This last award is a $2,500 scholarship awarded to seniors who received the highest SAT scores in the nation, among other qualifications.  She is one of 11 recipients in Gwinnett, out of 700 nationwide. 

Erika received a Georgia Certificate of Merit last year, a distinction awarded only to the top 5 percent of juniors, as well as the Georgia FBLA Excellence Award.  She is a member of South Gwinnett’s Beta Club, the National Honor Society and is on South Gwinnett’s soccer team. She volunteers her time tutoring special needs children.  Her goal is to become an entrepreneur.  

Congratulations to both of these young women!