The Iowa Grocery Industry Association raised nearly $100,000 in 2015 to fund scholarships through the Foundation. These fundraising efforts fortify the foundation s finances so that it can continue to provide scholarships to deserving youth with connections to the grocery industry. The foundation received 387 applications for the 91 scholarships that were awarded for the 2015-16 school year. Scholarships, totaling $146,650, were awarded to students who are at least part-time employees of an IGIA member company or the children of full-time employees working for an IGIA member. Two primary fundraisers that make the IGEF Scholarships possible are the IGEF Scholarship Golf Classic, which brought in $66,602 this year, while another $33,000 was presented to the IGEF through the IGIA Convention Auction for a total of $99,602. Mueller Yurgae Associates also made a significant contribution to this year s fundraising efforts, providing a $2,000 sponsorship and raising $1,327 for the IGEF Endowment Fund through the Mueller Yurgae Associates Golf Tournament at the IGIA Convention. IGEF Provides Member-Funded Piggyback Scholarships The IGEF Piggyback Scholarship program allows IGIA members to award scholarships to their employees and children of employees without the expense of administering a scholarship program. Participating in the Piggyback scholarship program has many potential benefits. A company or individual can honor a relative, founder or former leader by designating a scholarship in that person s name. Offering a scholarship could have potential tax benefits (be sure to consult with your tax professional). Assisting young people to obtain a college education enhances a company s image. The option to provide Piggyback scholarships is just one among many benefits afforded through IGIA membership. For more information on the Piggyback scholarship program or the IGEF, contact Michelle Hurd at 800-383-3663 or mhurd@iowagrocers.com. Mike Brewington Mike Eckerman Retired Pat Hagan Fareway Stores, Inc. Mike Skokan Hy-Vee, Inc. Dean Summa Blue Bunny Bill Walljasper Casey s General Stores
Advantage Sales & Marketing Affiliated Foods Midwest Anderson Erickson Dairy Anheuser-Busch Arctic Glacier U.S.A. Atlantic Bottling Company Bernatello s Pizza Bimbo Bakeries USA Blue Bunny Burke Corporation Campbell Sales Company Capital City Fruit Casey s General Stores Coca-Cola Refreshments Coca-Cola Coca-Cola North America Crystal Farms Dairy Pure Land O Lakes Milk Daymon Worldwide Des Moines Truck Brokers Diageo Doll Distributing Dr Pepper Snapple Group E. & J. Gallo Winery Fairlife LLC Fareway Stores Inc. Farner-Bocken Florida s Natural GNP Company Hiland Dairy Hilex Poly Hy-Vee Inc. Jack Link s Kellogg Company Kraft Foods Landmark Products Lil Drug Store Products Luxco MillerCoors Mueller Yurgae Associates Newman s Own Old Orchard Brands Pan-O-Gold Baking Company Pepsi Beverages PepsiCo Warehouse Sales Performance Display Peter Pan Seafood Pompeian Inc. Rock Star Sazerac Seneca Companies Shearer s Foods Shullsburg Creamery Taylor Industries Thacker & Associates Unilever Voss Distributing Scholarship Golf Classic Briarwood Club of Ankeny & Otter Creek Golf Course Wednesday, May 11, 2016
The Iowa Grocery Industry Association is proud to present the 2015-2016 Foundation scholarship winners. Gabriela Amador South Sioux City, Nebraska University of Nebraska, Omaha Major: Elementary Education Stores, Inc. in Sioux City. Madalyn Anderson Webster City Major: Kinesiology Stores, Inc. in Webster City. Hunter Armstrong Akron Major: Electronic Media Comm./ Film Production Stores, Inc. in Sioux City. Brynna Baumhover Storm Lake Major: Family Consumer Sciences Fareway Stores, Inc. in Storm Lake. Danielle Baumler Dyersville Major: Engineering Alexandra Beard Ankeny Baylor University Stores, Inc. in Ankeny. Jordan Beard Ankeny Drake University Major: Marketing & Mgmt Her mother is employed at Fareway Stores, Inc. in Ankeny. Alaina Berkenbosch Bettendorf Major: Accounting/Bus. Mgmt Her mother is employed at Hy-Vee in Davenport. Kathleen Bevans Mount Vernon Major: Accounting Gary s Foods in Mount Vernon. Gary & Lucy Dietrich ($500) Paige Bildstein Dyersville Loras College Major: Elem. Ed/Early Child. Ed. Haylie Book Earlham Buena Vista University Major: Marketing Stores, Inc. in Adel. Sarah Borkowski Boone Major: Sec. English Ed. Stores, Inc. in Boone. Bailey Bremser Urbandale University of Missouri, Columbia Major: Pre-Occup. Therapy Her father is employed at Hy-Vee in West Des Moines Abigail Brooks Houston University of Memphis Major: Art Education Associated Wholesale Grocers Dera Burreson Fairbank Hawkeye Community College Major: Photography Her father is employed at Fairbank Food Center in Fairbank Mary I. Fitzgerald ($1,800) Gracie Chapman Adel Major: Liberal Studies Stores, Inc. in Adel. Destiny Clark Oelwein Morningside College Stores, Inc. in Oelwein. Susan Collier Schaller Iowa Central Community College Major: Radiology Technology Her stepfather is employed at Fareway Stores, Inc. in Schaller. McKenzie Coons Norwalk Drake University Major: Pre-Med./Math Stores, Inc. in Norwalk. Beckwith Foundation ($2,000) Caden Crandall West Des Moines Major: Education/History He is employed at Hy-Vee in West Des Moines. Grace Dahm Denison Buena Vista University Major: Exercise Science Fareway Stores, Inc. in Denison. Treyton Damerval Ottumwa Indian Hills Comm. College Major: Computer Soft. Dev. Stores, Inc. in Ottumwa. Blake Derby Dubuque Loras College Major: Philosophy He is employed at Hy-Vee in Dubuque. Annamarie Dotzler Sioux City Major: Pre-Medicine Stores, Inc. in Sioux City.
Claire Eagan Spencer Amber Ellis Spencer Augustana College Major: General Studies Major: Art, French, Theater Fareway Stores, Inc. in Spencer. Hy-Vee, Inc. in Spencer. Zachary Evans Iowa Falls Major: Computer Engineering Stores, Inc. in Iowa Falls. Rachel Flynn Waterloo Wartburg College Major: Journalism/Comm. Hy-Vee, Inc. in Waterloo. Derrick Fritz Stewartville Stores, Inc. in Stewartville. Maureen Gilbert Webster City University of Miami Major: General Studies Stores, Inc. in Webster City. Connor Gossman Decorah Major: Environ. Studies Stores, Inc. in Decorah. Austin Greenough Urbandale Major: Finance/Accounting He is employed at Hy-Vee, Inc. in Urbandale Foundation ($900 Garrett Griffioen Belmond Major: Mgmt/Philosophy Stores, Inc. in Decorah. Ellen Hammel Sergeant Bluff University of South Dakota Major: Sec. English Ed. Stores, Inc. in Sioux City. Colton Hansen Newton St. Ambrose University Major: Finance/Accounting Stores, Inc. in Newton. Tiffany Hoeger Maquoketa Mount Mercy University Major: Nursing Stores, Inc. in Manchester. Ashley Hofman Chariton Truman State Univerisity Major: Marketing Hy-Vee, Inc. in Chariton. Emma Hyatt Boone Major: Music Ed./Religion Fareway Stores, Inc. in Boone. Jessica Igarashi Earlham Buena Vista University Major: Graphic Design Stores, Inc. in Adel. Christopher Jansen Sheldon Univerisity of South Dakota Major: Accounting Stores, Inc. in Sheldon Sarah Johnson Pleasant Hill Concordia University - Neb. Major: Art Hy-Vee, Inc. in Pleasant Hill. Haley Junkman Fort Dodge Major: Music/Kinesiology Hy-Vee, Inc. in Fort Dodge. Amber Karsten Newton Saint Ambrose University Major: Exercise Science Her mother is employed at Hy-Vee, Inc. in Newton. Bailey Kepford Tipton Major: Physical Therapy His father is employed at Family Foods in Tipton. Kasey Lahart Chariton Nicole Lang Cedar Falls Univeristy of Northern Iowa Major: Comm./Public Relations Major: Accounting Hy-Vee, Inc. in Chariton. Stores, Inc. in Cedar Falls. Kali Lange Pleasant Hill DMACC Major: Bus. Admin. Stores, Inc. in Pleasant Hill Mikaela Livengood Eagle Grove Morningside College Major: Journalism/Comm. Stores, Inc. in Eagle Grove.
Brett Marek LeMars Creighton University Major: Economics Stores, Inc. in LeMars. Valerie Marlow Winterset Simpson College Major: Elementary Education Stores, Inc. in Winterset. Kyle Marugg Worthington Loras College Major: Sec. Math Ed./Spanish Stores, Inc. in Dubuque. Andrew McCloy Mount Vernon Kirkwood Comm. College Major: Music Bus./Audio Eng. He is employed at Gary s Foods in Mount Vernon. Gary & Lucy Dietrich ($500) Matthew McCloy Mount Vernon Kirkwood Comm. College Major: General Studies He is employed at Gary s Foods in Mount Vernon. Gary & Lucy Dietrich ($500) Mark Mettler Cedar Rapids Mount Mercy University Major: Business Mgmt His father is employed at General Mills in Cedar Rapids. Madison Miller New Hampton Major: Comm. Sci./Disorders Fareway Stores, Inc. in New Hampton. Mitchell Millius Boone St. Ambrose Univerisity Major: Mgmt/Marketing Stores, Inc. in Boone. Lucy Mulert Dyersville Creighton University Major: Nursing Brian Murman Fort Dodge /Pre-Phys. Therapy His father is employed at Hy-Vee in Fort Dodge. Grocers Manufacturiers Association ($500) Laura Naber Dyersville Clarke University Major: Sec. English Ed. Heather Natterstad Estherville Minnesota State Univer., Mankato Major: Accounting Stores, Inc. in Estherville. Molly Nemmers Dubuque Loras College Stores, Inc. in Dubuque. Marlee Nicholson Storm Lake Augustana College Major: Psychology Stores, Inc. in Storm Lake. Vincent O Meara Alleman Muscatine Comm. College Major: Liberal Arts His father is employed at Mueller-Yurgae Associates Brenna Oberbreckling Monticello Major: Youth Leisure/Human Serv. Stores, Inc. in Monticello. Madison Phelps Creston Major: Bus./Actuarial Science Stores, Inc. in Creston. Hailey Purves LeMars University of South Dakota Major: Dental Hygiene Hy-Vee, Inc. in LeMars. Michael Rimathe Madrid Major: Accounting/Finance He is employed at The Market of Madrid in Madrid. Market of Madrid ($250) Whitney Ringleb Mason City NIACC Major: Radiology Stores, Inc. in Mason City. Robert G. Carper, Jr. ($1,800) Amberly Scheffelman Des Moines Major: English/French Ed. Stores, Inc. in Des Moines. Grant Schlabaugh Kalona Major: General Studies He is employed at JW s Foods. in Kalona. JW s Foods ($750) Dana Simon Kalona Kirkwood Comm. College Major: Ag Business JW s Foods. in Kalona. JW s Foods ($750) Emily Simon Dubuque University of Wisconsin-Platteville Major: Industrial Engineering Hy-Vee, Inc. in Dubuque.
Natalie Sinnwell Nashua Anthony Skinner Assumption Wartburg College Major: Exercise Sci./Pre-Physical Major: Music Education Therapy He is employed at Casey s Hy-Vee, Inc.in Davenport. General Store in Nashua. Noah Smith Carlisle DMACC Major: Business His father is employed at Fareway Stores, Inc. in Carlisle. Alex Sudtelgte LeMars Major: Elem. Ed./Coaching Stores, Inc. in LeMars. Abigail Sump Grimes Morningside College Major: Nursing Casey s General Store in Ankeny. Kari Tanberg Mount Vernon Major: Nursing Gary s Foods in Mount Vernon. Gary & Lucy Dietrich ($500) Patience Thompson- Bearbower Nebraska City University of Nebraska at Lincoln Major: History Fareway Stores, Inc. in Boone. Lauren Tielbur Grinnell Major: Marketing Mgmt. Fareway Stores, Inc. in Grinnell. Lexie Troutman Dyersville Major: Journalism/Mass. Comm. Beckwith Foundation ($2,000) Carolyn Vande Haar Pella John Brown University Stores, Inc. in Pella. Victoria Vivtcharenko Waukon Bailey Wade Fort Dodge ICCC Major: Secondary Eng. Ed. Her mother is employed at Quillin s Food Ranch in Waukon Stores, Inc. in Fort Dodge. Ken Uglum Memorial ($500) Beckwith Foundation ($2,000) Evan Wasteney Waukee Major: Finance His father is employed at PDI. Perishable Distributors of Iowa ($500) Brittani Watson Clear Lake Major: Accounting Stores, Inc. in Clear Lake. Whitney Watson Clear Lake Hawkeye Comm. College Major: Dental Assistant/Hygiene Stores, Inc. in Clear Lake. Dominique Weldon Burlington Major: English Stores, Inc. in Burlington. Trevor Wiley Waukee Drake University Major: Music Education His father is employed at Hy-Vee in Des Moines. Niccole Wolken Marshalltown Morningside College Major: Photography Stores, Inc. in Marshalltown. 2015-2016 IGEF Scholarships Connor Wunsch Johnston Creighton University Major: Neuroscience His mother is employed at SHAZAM. Mueller-Yurgae Associates Beckwith Foundation Scholarships ($2000) F. William Beckwith Scholarships ($2000) Gary & Lucy Dietrich Scholarships (500) Grocery Manufacturers Association Scholarship ($500) Scholarships Foundation Scholarships ($900) Foundation Scholarships ($1800) JW s Foods Scholarships ($750) Ken Uglum Memorial Scholarship ($500) Market of Madrid Scholarship ($250) Mary I. Fitzgerald Scholarship ($1800) Mueller-Yurgae Associates Scholarships ($1000) Perishable Distributors of Iowa Scholarships ($500) Robert G. Carper, Jr. Scholarship ($1800)
45 RPM Quartet 5-Hour Energy ACOSTA Sales & Marketing Co. Advantage/Rubbermaid Advantage/Unilever Affiliated Foods Midwest American Pop Corn Co. (Jolly Time) Anderson Erickson Anheuser-Busch August Schells Brewing BAR-S-Foods/Dreyer Marketing Beam-Suntory Bimbo Bakeries USA Bogle Vineyards BOOMCHICKAPOP Boston Beer Company Casey s General Stores Coca-Cola Enterprises ConAgra Foods Constellation Brands Cookies Food Products CROSSMARK Sales & Marketing Cruise Marketing Delicato Family Vineyards Don Sebastiani & Sons Dr Pepper Snapple Group Dubuque County Fair Famous Dave s Products Fareway Stores Inc. Ferrara Candy Fetzer Vineyards Frito-Lay Inc. General Mills Green Mountain Grolmus Enterprises Gurley s Foods Healthy Living YMCA (Clive) Heaven Hill Spirits Honest Tea Hormel Foods Corporation Hy-Vee Hy-Vee/Tom Watson Iowa Cubs Jelly Belly Jim Beam Just Born Candy KDSM Fox 17 Keith s Foods Kraft Foods Leerfield Hawkeye Sports Property Lemongrass Spa Loffredo M & M Mars Martini and Rossi/Barcardi USA Meadows Golf Course MillerCoors Company Mondelez International Mr. Dees Mueller Yurgae Associates Nestle Next Step Advertising LLC Old Dutch Foods Pabst Blue Ribbon Palermos Pizza Pepsi Pepsi Dubuque Pernod Ricard Pharmavite (Nature Made Vitamins) Pillsbury Baking Prairie Farms Precept Brands Premium Water R. J. Reynolds Tobacco R.G. Sales and Marketing Reynolds and Sheila Cramer Ruan Transportation Management Schwan s Science Center of Iowa & Blank IMAX Dome Theater SHAZAM Shearer s Foods Skeffington s SpartanNash St. Michelle Wine Estates Summertime Potato Summit Brewing Co. Suzy s Lavender Dubuque Telegraph-Herald The Brenmar Co. Inc. The Des Moines Register The Hershey Company Titos Vodka Trinchero Family Winery/ Sutter Home Twist Women s Clothing Store V & M Sales Verena Street Coffee Voss Distributing Bright Futures Challenge Foundation by Bob Cramer
Gift History Year # Scholarships Awarded Amount Awarded 2001 62 $56,600 2002 63 $64,600 2003 72 $72,700 2004 82 $84,100 2005 86 $108,850 2006 81 $105,850 2007 85 $107,250 History of the Iowa Grocers Education Foundation Mary I. Fitzgerald Scholarship Program The Foundation was established in 1992 with the express purpose of assisting youth with ties to the grocery industry to achieve their dreams of obtaining a higher education. The IGEF Scholarship program was renamed the Mary I. Fitzgerald Scholarship Program in 1997 in tribute to Mary I. Fitzgerald, who guided the Iowa Grocery Industry Association from 1964 to 1981. Since 2001, the IGEF has helped more than 1,100 youth obtain a postsecondary education, awarding 1,225 scholarships, totaling more than $1.7 million. These scholarships paved the way for youth to achieve their ultimate career goals within and outside of the grocery industry. A large number of the deserving young people assisted by these scholarships say that they would not be the doctor, CEO, nurse, teacher or business professional they are today without the help of the Mary I. Fitzgerald Scholarship Program. 2008 86 $138,850 2009 86 $139,750 2010 85 $138,350 2011 87 $139,350 2012 86 $141,300 2013 82 $136,600 2014 91 $149,100 2015 91 $146,650 Total since 2001=$1,729,900 (more than $1.7 million)