Fish & Richardson to Send Three Middle School Students to Space Camp

Fish & Richardson announced yesterday that it has picked three local middle school students to receive a scholarship to NASA Space Camp in Huntsville, Ala. this summer.

The scholarships are part of the patent law firm’s effort to get children excited about the fields of math, science, and technology. Each of the firm’s 11 offices selects three underprivileged children each year to receive scholarships.

The students in the Washington area are selected each year from the SEED Public Charter School. This year’s scholarship winners are seventh graders Tayvon Eubanks, Taylor Butler, and Capri Kennedy. They will be traveling with a chaperone whose trip will also be covered by Fish & Richardson.

“A lot of these kids [from the school] have never even been outside the D.C. metro area. It’s more than just the space camp experience. It’s a neat thing to have these underprivileged kids get a chance to see the country as well,” says James "Tripp" Fussell, an associate who heads up the firm's scholarship committee in Washington.