Announcing

Three Association Management Group

College / University Scholarships

As an association management company, AMG understands the importance of community and the value of education.

Community is not just a set of buildings; it also includes closely held relationships. Throughout the last three decades, AMG has had the opportunity to work with dedicated community members, service providers and employees throughout the community whom we consider AMG family.  Together, we have built strong communities where families and individuals can grow and thrive.

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Scholarships to Honor Community Members

To help share our ideas of community to the next generation, AMG is proud to announce a set of scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each, beginning with the 2020/2021 school year. These scholarships honor the memory of three individuals who made a difference in the lives of others:

Billie Butler Scholarship

Billie joined our AMG Charlotte office in 1994. For more than 20 years, Billie used her nurturing skills to assist AMG staff members and provide exemplary customer service to AMG community members.

Scholarship is awarded annually, to:

• An employee of AMG or one of their family members.

• A resident of a community managed by AMG or one of their family members.

Ron Erickson Scholarship

Ron was a financial planning professional, a big-hearted mentor, and a true friend to many.  Ron's dedication to public service and helping others was world class. He was a role model to all who knew him.

Scholarship is awarded annually to:

• A child or grandchild whose parent or grandparent lives in North Carolina or South Carolina.

Corey Flynt Scholarship

Corey was the son of AMG’s Chief Operating Officer, Dacy Cavicchia. Corey tragically passed away in an automobile accident in 2017. He attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, was loved by many and cared passionately for his family.

Scholarship is awarded annually, to:

• An employee of AMG or one of their family members.

• A resident of a community managed by AMG or one of their family members.

2020 Scholarship Winners

AMG received more than 70 applicants for our first annual scholarship program, and because of this, we decided to award four scholarships. Our scholarship applicants reflect the diversity of our client communities and the Carolina’s in general. The essays also reflected the care our local young adults have for their communities. We are so proud of all of the applicants!

Community…is that special sense of belonging to one’s environment; wherever that may be. It’s the place and wholesome feeling of complete freedom and the audacious inclination to “Just Be.”

So, what does that look like? It’s the four walls I share with my room-mates, the relationship that I have with my pets, the respect I have for nature and the people that I share this planet with. My community includes family and familiar friends and spreads like wildfire on a busy highway. Like nature, it winds up and down rolling hills with unexpected detours, occasional stops and rendezvous, and occasionally, I meet people just like you. In this moment, we are Community and I am pleased to meet you.

I am a fierce animal lover, defender and protector of Mother Earth and…a disciplined and self-directed college student with a vision for the future. Me…a biochemist, working hand-in-hand with therapists, doctors and patients; all working together to create a sense of harmony and community in this busy and complex world that we live in. It’s the one thing that we all need more of; a quiet and peaceful place, away from the busy highways of life; the warm and welcoming hug of Community. The feeling that, “I matter” and “Somebody cares.”

Community signifies outward growth of the individual, the cohesiveness of a group…a pack. As the community grows, it overlaps and expands in new and unexpected ways. Babies are born, and with them, new communities breathe life and hope.

Me…I share this hope for a brighter tomorrow for I am a little ray of light…my mom’s gift to the world.

Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to share my thoughts in application for this scholarship.

Not everyone has the luxury of having a place to call home. For an extended period in my life – I was homeless. Before my father gained custody of me in 2012, I was in the care of my mother, who did not properly take care of me and my three other siblings. We often lived in a house with no running water or electricity, and then there came a point in time where we didn’t have a house at all. Instead, we lived in our car or stayed with people. Sometimes – if we were lucky enough – homeless shelters could fit me, my siblings and mother all in. However, despite my circumstances at the time, I remained optimistic and selfless, still giving back to others even when I didn’t have much to offer. I am a survivor of homelessness, and now an educator and leading advocate of preventing it in my community. As a result of my past experiences of being homeless, I began a non-profit organization alongside two of my peers. We named it ‘2 Give 4 Change’ partnering with two local agencies in Greensboro – ‘United Way’ and ‘Habitat for Humanity. Through our organization and mission to combat problems with society and advocate for the youth, I am blessed to have witnessed the lives that I have been able to impact. Just by giving someone a small care package and seeing their face light up brings joy to my heart. I could not have accomplished all of this without the help of my community not only physical but through social media as well. My community has shaped me into becoming a well rounded, mature and determined young lady without them. My dream of helping the homeless population would be extremely hard to achieve.

My community has shaped my life by instilling pillars of professional development in me. Leadership has shaped my development by allowing me to interact with people from diverse backgrounds who were able to collaborate around common goals and shared passions. Serving in leadership roles has shaped my character in profound ways by allowing me to develop such character traits as respect, collaboration, teamwork, resilience, persistence, compassion, and empathy for the beliefs and issues advocated by others.

Service has shaped my development by providing an avenue for me to gain greater insight into the challenges facing people from a broad range of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. I have volunteered with The Out of the Garden Project, a community organization that organizes food pantries and creates backpacks of food for homeless children in Guilford County. By volunteering with this organization, I have learned that not all families are able to provide for their children. With Greensboro, North Carolina being one of the poorest cities in the nation, I am grateful to be helping to assist families in my community through Out of the Garden.

Honor and integrity defines how I strive to live my life and influences my work ethic. Together, they mean that I will always work to my utmost ability, whether it is in my academics or extracurricular activities. Having these qualities mean that I will always do what I say I will do, and that I can be trusted and relied upon; that I will be truthful in all things, even if I know that others misrepresent themselves to get ahead. In everything that I undertake, I always work in a spirit of excellence and integrity. These pillars of professional development have and will enable me to continue to be a positive role model  to youth and families in my community.

A Call to Aid my Community

I am a second year medical student at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM)- Carolinas Campus in Spartanburg, South Carolina. You might be wondering what brought me here. Everyone has a different path to medicine, and unlike some of my peers, I did not always know that medical school was my calling.

I graduated from Clemson University in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences, and it wasn’t until my senior year while shadowing procedures in a gastroenterology clinic when it hit me. I want to spend my life giving back to my community, just as all of my wonderful physicians had done for me. I want to be a physician and utilize medicine to allow my community of South Carolina to live their healthiest lives possible. I want to give my time, my knowledge, and my expertise to help those around me when they cannot help themselves.

I then knew my goal, and I began taking the first steps of my journey towards medicine. Luckily, I was also able to serve my community during this time, which greatly reinforced my drive as I studied many hours for the MCAT. I had the extremely rewarding experience to volunteer to teach a free science class for those trying to pass the GED in 2016. I taught this class on a weekly basis and followed a curriculum based on the GED’s science portion. This opportunity further proved my love of science and of helping those around me. I was grateful to do my small part in helping my students learn the material so they can take the next step in their lives after passing the exam.

Once I excitingly began medical school, I was able to give back in ways that were closest to my heart. I volunteered at St. Luke’s Free Health Clinic in Spartanburg from 2018- 2019 where I assisted physicians in evaluating patients and performing physical exams. I also volunteered in 2019 at St. Mathew’s Free Clinic in Spartanburg, where I performed sports physicals on children who wanted to play a sport at school but were unable to pay the fees. From 2018 to spring 2020, I also did gastroenterology research at the Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute. I collaborated with Dr. Brown and his lab to investigate inflammation induced carcinogenesis of the gastrointestinal track. Since everyone’s life is affected by a loved one with cancer or possibly a battle with cancer yourself, it is extremely meaningful to research and expand our medical knowledge of what increases or decreases our risks of certain cancers. With more medical knowledge, we can increase health awareness of those around us and to a much larger scale.

Since I moved to Spartanburg to attend VCOM, I have loved every minute of helping my community in any way I can. I will continue to stay in Spartanburg for another two years as I go through clinical rotations, and I’m thrilled to personally impact the lives of even more of my Spartanburg neighbors through medicine. I’m so happy that I am able to give back to my home state of South Carolina.