{"id":4585,"date":"2025-08-17T21:45:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T21:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/?p=4585"},"modified":"2025-08-17T21:45:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T21:45:29","slug":"eastern-nc-skills-center-scholarship-awarded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/index.php\/2025\/08\/17\/eastern-nc-skills-center-scholarship-awarded\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern NC Skills Center Scholarship Awarded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Mike Morgan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The North Carolina Region of the Antique Car Club of America (AACA) is delighted to present a $1,000 Scholarship to the Eastern North Carolina Skills Center, part of the Onslow County School System. The facility is located at 261 NW Corridor Blvd, Jacksonville. Mr Adam Houston, Automotive Technology Instructor stated \u201c we are committed to providing our students with a hands on learning experience that prepares them for successful careers in the automotive industry\u201d.<br>While the facility and classes are available to all Onslow County high school students free of charge, there are certain things that the students must purchase. Mr. Houston further stated \u201dthe primary purpose of the scholarship funds will be to assist students, particularly those from underprivileged backgrounds, to purchase safety boots. Many of these students face financial barriers that prevent them from obtaining the necessary footwear, which risks their ability to remain in the program.\u201d Any remaining funds will be used to purchase other personal protective equipment.<br>The AACA is a large national institution dedicated to maintaining, preserving, restoring and showing classic and antique cars. It is head quartered in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The North Carolina Region of the AACA has chapters spread from Wilmington in the East to Eden and Winston Salem in the West and several other locations. Each chapter holds its\u2019 own car show yearly and participates in other automotive related activities.<br>In the photo, left to right, is Adam Houston, Mike Morgan (Region Treasurer), and John Shannon, Director of the Center. The shop area is well equipped as can be seen in the other photos, with both mechanical\/electrical repair and auto-body damage and painting classes. Photos compliments of Ginger Wright.<br>The facility also has extensive other training such as the culinary arts, welding, HVAC, robotics, fire fighting and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"4591\" src=\"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"4589\" src=\"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-5-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-5-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-5-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-5-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-5-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-5-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"4590\" src=\"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-3-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"4586\" src=\"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-4-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-4-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"4588\" src=\"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"4587\" src=\"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-6-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-6-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-6-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-6-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/skills-center-6-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mike Morgan The North Carolina Region of the Antique Car Club of America (AACA) is delighted to present a $1,000 Scholarship to the Eastern North Carolina Skills Center, part of the Onslow County School System. The facility is located at 261 NW Corridor Blvd, Jacksonville. Mr Adam Houston, Automotive Technology Instructor stated \u201c we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scholarship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4592,"href":"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4585\/revisions\/4592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncregionaaca.com\/region\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}