Affiliated Foods Midwest Scholarships:

For employees of Affiliated Foods Midwest, Norfolk or Elwood locations only: If you or your children will be attending college next fall (minimum half-time) at one of our approved local colleges, there are company-sponsored scholarships available to help with the cost! Deadlines for applying for college scholarships will be approaching soon, so be sure to contact the college financial aid office to obtain the scholarship application and deadline for applying! Qualifying colleges for the Norfolk location are: Northeast Community College, Nebraska Christian College or Wayne State College. For Elwood employees, the qualifying colleges are Missouri Western and Highland Community College. Contact the college financial aid offices for applications and deadlines.

Association Scholarships:

Employees and/or their children also may qualify for the following scholarships because Affiliated Foods is a member of the following organizations:

Nebraska Grocery Industry Association Scholarship Program

Eligibility:

1. Employees, and their children, of firms that are members of NGIA are eligible to apply for a scholarship.
2. Employees must have been employed for at least one year as of the scholarship deadline in the year in which the scholarship is awarded. They must also still be employed at the time the scholarship is awarded.
3. Applicants must be high school seniors that have a minimum 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale who plan to enroll in a full-time undergraduate course of study at an accredited two or four year college, university, or vocational-technical school.

Scholarship Award:

• The scholarship award will be a one-time, non-renewable grant of $1,000.
• The NGIA scholarship will be applied toward tuition and fees.

Application Procedure:
Members are asked to make copies of the request for application form, available to their employees. Applicants should mail this form to NGIA. NGIA will then mail a scholarship application to them. Completed applications must be received in the NGIA office by April 1. Applications received after this date will not be considered.

For information on any NGIA scholarship contact:

• Kathy Siefken, Executive Director
• Nebraska Grocery Industry Association
• Phone: 402-423-5533
• Toll Free: 800-433-6742
• Fax: 402-423-8686
• E-mail: ksiefken@nebgrocery.com

National Grocers Association:

Women Grocers of America (WGA) is offering at least two academic scholarships worth a minimum of $1,000 each to students intending to pursue a grocery industry-related career. This includes majors in areas such as food marketing management, food service technology, communications and business management/administration. (This does not include majors in the public health and hotel/restaurant fields.) WGA and N.G.A. members and their employees, children, nieces, nephews and grandchildren are eligible for scholarship nomination. Applicants must attend a U.S. college or university, have a 2.0 grade point average or better and be entering sophomores or continuing students in good standing in a two-year, associate degree-granting institution or four-year, bachelor degree-granting institution or graduate program. To be considered, the completed scholarship application, transcript and other requested material must be postmarked by June 1. Scholarship recipients will be chosen in a lottery from the qualified pool of applicants by the WGA board of directors during their summer meeting. Application forms are available by contacting the National Grocers Association,www.nationalgrocers.org

The Asparagus Club Scholarships are one-year awards that range in amount from $500 to $1,500. The awards may be used at any accredited, non-profit college or university in the United States. Applicants must be full-time college students in the fall, have an interest in a career in the grocery industry, have financial need and can make, or are making satisfactory academic progress in college. To request an application, contact by May 1st: Scholarship Program Administrators, Inc., P.O. Box 23737, Nashville, TN 37202-3737. To request an application electronically, go to the web site www.scholarshipadministrators.net and enter the access code "ASPAR". Follow the instructions for requesting an application at that site.

State Organization Scholarships:

High school seniors, college freshmen, sophomores and juniors who are sons and daughters of full-time employees of Kansas-based firms can apply for a Kansas Food Dealers’ Association (KFDA) Scholarship. The parent-employee must have been employed for at least one year as of January 1 of the year in which the scholarships are awarded. Part-time employees who are full-time students who are employed by Kansas-based firms may also apply. Applicants must have worked an average of 15 hours a week for at least six months as of January 1 of the year in which the scholarships are awarded. Completed applications must be received at the KRDA office by mid-April. Application forms are available by contacting Kansas Food Dealers, 913-384-3838.

Your son or daughter may qualify for scholarships from the Missouri Grocers Association or the Minnesota Grocers Education Foundation if you have been employed by Affiliated Foods Midwest for at least two years as of January 1 of the year in which the scholarships are awarded. Students may qualify for the Missouri Grocer Association Scholarhip if they have been employed at least 6 months and work part-time for a firm that is a member of MGA. To obtain a brochure and scholarship application for the Missouri Grocers Association, you can contact them by March 17th at 1-800-260-4642, or by writing to: Missouri Grocers Education Foundation, PO Box 10223, Springfield, MO 65808. Completed applications must be postmarked by April 1 to qualify.

To obtain a brochure and scholarship application for the Missouri Grocers Association, you can contact them by March 17th at 1-800-260-4642, or by writing to: Missouri Grocers Education Foundation, PO Box 10223, Springfield, MO 65808. Completed applications must be postmarked by April 1 to qualify.

To obtain a scholarship application for the Minnesota Grocers Education Foundation Scholarship, contact MGA by March 15th: phone 1-800-966-8352, or e-mail mga@mngrocers.com; or write to: Minnesota Grocers Association, 533 St. Clair Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55102, or apply on line at: www.scholarshipadministrators.net and enter the access code "MNGEF". Completed applications must be postmarked by April 1 to qualify.

Sons and daughters of full-time Affiliated Foods Midwest employees or part-time employees who are full-time students are eligible to apply for the Iowa Grocery Industry Association Scholarship. The full-time parent employee must have been employed with Affiliated Foods Midwest for at least two years as of January 1 of the year in which the scholarship is awarded. Employees (full-time or part-time) who are full-time students employed by firms, which are members of IGA, must have worked a minimum of 360 hours for the 6-month period from July 1 to December 31 of the year prior to which the scholarship is awarded. To obtain a scholarship application and descriptive brochure, you must send a postcard request that must be postmarked by February 10th. Postcards are available from posters in warehouse break rooms or fill out the application request form on-line at www.iowagrocers.com. Or Contact the Iowa Grocers Education Foundation at 2540 106th Street, Suite 102, Des Moines, IA 50322.

International Dairy Deli Bakery Association:

IDDBA Food Safety Certification Reimbursement Program

Through the program, IDDBA-member retailers can have a portion of their costs reimbursed for specified training materials, workshops, and food safety certification exams for dairy, deli, and bakery employees who successfully complete a certification exam.

"We hope this program will encourage retail members to certify their dairy, deli, and bakery department managers and associates in food safety. Store managers are often the professionals certified, but we think it's important for perishable managers and associates to also be certified. This IDDBA program supports retailer's efforts to achieve this goal" Mary Kay O'Connor, IDDBA's director of education, said.

Visit www.iddba.org for further information and eligible training periods, as well as future deadlines. If you have questions, contact Karen Peckham, IDDBA, P.O. Box 5528, Madison WI 53705-0528, phone: 608-238-7908, E-mail: kpeckham@iddba.org.

IDDBA Undergraduate/Graduate Scholarship Program

The IDDBA Scholarship program was developed in order to support employees of supermarket dairy, deli, and bakery industries, and encourage them to continue in those industries. The IDDBA has awarded many thousands of dollars in scholarships to supermarket dairy, deli and bakery employees since the program’s inception in 2001. Awards from $250 to $1,000 per candidate, per semester are available to high school seniors and current or returning college or vocational/technical students. Applicants do not have to be employed only in the dairy, deli or bakery departments to qualify.

Applicants are required to:

1. Be a current employee (during your college school year) of an IDDBA member company. (Affiliated Foods Midwest is a member of IDDBA)
2. Have an academic major in a food-related field, business, or marketing.
3. Have a 2.5 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale, or equivalent (waived for returning adult students).

Application deadlines are January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1. Visit www.iddba.org for further information and an application. If you have questions, call Karen at IDDBA, 608-238-7908.

Wisconsin Grocers Association
Education & Scholarship Foundation

The Wisconsin Grocers Association Education and Scholarship Foundation is please to announce funds have been committed to financial scholarships and will be made available to employees of WGA members. (Affiliated Foods Midwest is a member) All scholarship applications for the 2007 2008 school term must be postmarked on or before February 1, 2007

Scholarship Eligibility

In order to be considered for this scholarship, you must:

• Be attending a college or university in the fall of 2007.
• Be a current employee of a dues paying member (AFMW or the store you work at) of the Wisconsin Grocers Association and have been employed for six months at the time of this application process. Continuing college/university students must have worked a minimum of 10 weeks or 250 hours in 2006.
• Carry a minimum of a nine-hour credit load unless you are applying for a scholarship for a single course.
• Have maintained a B grade average (3.0 based on a 4.0 scale.)

Recipients and non-recipients will be notified by mail.

For additional information or to download applications, please visit the WGA website or contact Sarah Decorah at (608) 244-7150.

Audrey Cravatt, Ext. 300

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