The Alabama Grocers Education Foundation (AGEF), the educational investment arm of the Alabama Grocers Association (AGA) awarded over $57,000 in scholarships to 60 employees or children of employees on Tuesday.
The AGA is a state trade association that has been representing the retail food industry in Alabama since 1990. Since its beginning, “the AGA has grown to over 125 retail member companies, representing over 1,000 retail outlets, and over 225 manufacturers, brokers, wholesalers and other members,” the association’s website reads.
90 percent of grocery food retailers in the Yellowhammer State belong to the association.
Of the 60 scholarships awarded:
- 39 were funded by the AGEF
- 18 were Piggyback Scholarships
- 3 were Endowed Scholarships
“Our association members and other supporters of the Alabama Grocers Association make these scholarships possible,” Bob Crawford, Chairman, Board of Trustees, AGEF said in a press release. “The scholarships truly impact young student’s lives for the better.”
According to the foundation, scholarships are awarded based on either their parents’ employment or their own part-time employment by firms which are members of the Alabama Grocers Association, in order to relieve AGA members and their children of some college expenses
“The Alabama Grocers Foundation has been able to award more than $1.2 million in scholarships to date,” said President of the AGA, Ellie Smotherman Taylor in a press release. “The members of our association are excited to be supporting higher education efforts of Alabama’s students.”
Here’s a full list of scholarship recipients:
Rebecca | Grace | Wolfe | Briarwood Christian School |
Andrew | Kenneth | Guillory | Oak Mountain HS |
Bailey | Elizabeth | Crutcher | Elkmont HS |
Sydney | Campbell | Athens HS | |
Sophia | Marie | Ragusa | John Carroll Catholic HS |
Kelli | Irene | Frye | Gordon Lee Memorial HS |
Cade | Dotson | Hannah | Silverdale Baptist Academy |
Lacee | Mae | Wallace | Maplesville HS |
Jacob | Tanner | Uptain | Curry HS |
Julian | Makindle | McGough | Carbon Hill HS |
Zachary | Seth | Woder | Curry HS |
Kaitlin | Desiree | Auble | Curry HS |
Madison | Grace | Pavlovec | Curry HS |
Alexandra | Reed | Dora HS | |
Macie | Caroline | Walker | Curry HS |
Hunter | Bowden | Williams | Oakman HS |
Jacob | Christian | Woodard | Cordova high school |
Chandler | Grant | McCosh | McMinn Central HS |
Olivia | Ryan | Ashley | Paulding County HS |
Quanisha | Janay | Trammell | |
Madison | Lynn | Boyd | Houston Academy |
Dominick | Alan | Dilleha | Station Camp HS |
Nicolle | Marie | Stanfill | George County HS |
Joseph | Bernard | Longmire | Greenville HS |
Nikkolas | “K’Shawn” | Payne | Greenville HS |
Amber | Rose | Ajlouny | Hoover HS |
Tyler | Douglas | Stone | Hoover HS |
Jade | Ashton | Ajlouny | Hoover HS |
Amanda | Abigail | Anderson | Buckhorn HS |
Alexander | Kristian | Jonczyk | St John Paul II Catholic HS |
Reed | Patrick | Player | Bob Jones HS |
Seth | Crowder | Weiss | University School of Jackson |
Macy | Anne | Murray | North Cobb Christian School |
Braden | James | Murray | North Cobb Christian School |
Marcus | Austin | Bush | Stanhope Elmore HS |
Neil | Patrick | Sullivan | Baker HS |
Allison | Leigh | Culp | Martin Luther King Jr Academic Magnet HS |
Emily | Paige | Winters | North Jackson HS |
Reagan | Michael | Padgett | Gardendale HS |
Keilyne | Grace | Sims | Gardendale HS |
Kylie | Brooke | Lovett | Haleyville HS |
Angel | Janae | Cagle | Lynn HS |
Molly | Grace | Bradford | A Crawford Mosley High School |
Nicolas | Jonathan | Scott | Red Bay HS |
Anna | C. | Jackson | Red Bay HS |
Lindsey | Denise | Holland | Albertville HS |
Faith | Ann | Ford | Sardis High School |
Raven | Amber | Edwards | Calera HS |
Crimson | Bailey | Wilborn | Sylvania HS |
Juan | Lucio | Contreras | Fort Payne HS |
Joshua | Neal | Baine | Fort Payne HS |
Anna | Faye | Freeman | Sylvania HS |
Anthony | Mikal Rio | Mackie | Tishomingo County HS |
Dakota | Laine | Belue | Belmont High School |
Jensen | Brianna | Garrett | Pike Liberal Arts |
Kamary | Simone | Sexton | Booker T Washington HS |
Madelyn | Virginia | Martin | West Orange HS |
Drew | Parker | Richardson | Euphora HS |
Kendall | Sherell | Armstead | Hueytown HS |
Neal | Rogers | Babb | Franklin HS |
Chassity | Angela | Terrell | Sparkman HS |