dewalt tools : Kicks off COPA Champions

Competition Winner to Receive $1,000

DEWALT recognizes Champions of the Trade Winners
Aristeo Chavez -- Chavez Bros. Construction
Samuel Velasquez -- Velasquez Contractors, Inc.

Chavez and Velasquez, owners of two leading Hispanic-owned
construction firms in the Washington D.C./Northern Virginia
area, were selected due to their excellence and
professionalism in the construction industry.

DEWALT celebrates with COPA Champions of the Trade -- a
day-long soccer tournament featuring approximately 24 teams
and an award ceremony highlighting a scholarship recipient.
The scholarship will be awarded, in conjunction with the
Hispanic College Fund, to a high school/college student or
non-college student interested in attending trade school and
mastering the craft of carpentry. The award includes $500 cash
and $500 DEWALT tools for school.

COPA Champions of the Trade soccer tournament event will also
feature a soccer penalty-kick competition (the winner will
receive $1,000) with finalists shooting against legendary
Mexican goal keeper Adolfo Rios from 2-3 p.m. and an autograph
session with Rios from 4-6 p.m.


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