Tennessee Grocers Education Foundation 2010-2011 presents Scholarship Recipients
Since 1982, the Tennessee grocery industry has had strong interest in supporting education by granting scholarships to high school graduates and college students to help with tuition and other college expenses. TGCSA members and member’s children are eligible for scholarships through the education foundation each year.
TGEF has awarded $2,657,321 since its founding in 1985. This year TGEF awarded 146 scholarships worth a total of $171,000. Students were recognized at the TGCSA annual convention June 12 at the Sevierville Events Center and Wilderness at the Smokies Resort.
TGEF awards scholarships each year ranging from $500 to $1,800 for graduating high school seniors, college students and graduate students who are employees or children of full-time employees.
Congratulations to this year’s recipients. With less than one of every four applicants receiving a scholarship from TGEF, these students are truly the best of the best.
6OLUNTEER 'ROCER s 2010-2011TGEF Scholarship Awards TGEF will awarded 146 scholarships worth $171,000 for the 2010/11 academic year. TGEF has awarded over $2.6 million since its founding in 1985.
Recipients are listed vertically by name, school, and member company
TGEF 25th Anniversary Awards: $2,500 TGCSA Awards: $1,200 Alicia McClintock Laura Bassett Katherine Howell University of Tennessee Knoxville University of Tennessee Knoxville Murray State University Employed by Father, Gerry Bassett Employed by Food City Employed by F & P Foods Slush Puppie of Chattanooga
Jessica Baxter David Luiken William Record University of Tennessee Knoxville The University of Alabama Union University Employed by Father, David Luiken, Sr. Employed by Food City Employed by Dyer Foods Blue Bell Creameries
Sarah Burgess Lindsey Luiken Roane State Community College University of Tennessee Cody Rowlett Father, Ronald Burgess Chattanooga Tennessee Technological Employed by Father, David Luiken, Sr. University Hostess Brands Employed by Employed by Blue Bell Creameries Kroger-Midsouth Blake Caldwell Nebula Lungren University of the South-Sewanee University of Tennessee Knoxville Father, Baxter Caldwell Employed by Quaker Oats Company Awards: $1,800 Employed by Kroger-Midsouth Knoxville Coca Cola Brittany Cavender University of Tennessee Martin Bianca Del Gandio Cody McMillan Employed by Lipscomb University University of Tennessee Knoxville Kroger-Midsouth Father, Alfred Del Gandio Employed by Employed by Kroger Kroger-Midsouth
Matthew McTaggart Tennessee Technological Kayla Fuqua Melissa Owens University Tennessee Technological University of Tennessee Employed by University Employed by Cooke’s Food Store Father, Roger Fuqua, Jr. Food City Employed by Pepsi Beverages Company Andrew Sah Ashley Glyn-Jones Cassi Patterson University of Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee Technological The University of Memphis Employed by University Father, Danny Patterson Schnucks Employed by Employed by Houchens Food Industry Cox Oil Company
s 6OLUNTEER 'ROCER Korin Pease Ashby Tietgens Bargain Barn / United Grocery Roane State Community College University of Tennessee Outlet Award: $1,500 Employed by Father, Mark Tietgens Food City Employed by Kelsey Dennis Tietgens Food Stores Martin Methodist College Father, Scott Dennis Employed by Dillon Pinegar United Grocery Outlet/ Bargain Tennessee Technological Barn University Alliance Marketing Award: $1,250 Employed by Brittany Self Kingwood Foodland Hannah Whitaker East Tennessee State University Delta State University Mother, Judy Self Father, Bradford Whitaker Employed by Alexia Poole Employed by United Grocery Outlet/ Bargain Bethel University Stepherson’s Superlo Foods Barn Employed by E.W. James & Sons Bill Ragland Memorial: $1,000 Alliance Marketing Award / Ed Royal Ashley Weber Memorial Award: $1,250 Motlow Community College John Thomas Salmon Father, Brent Weber University of Memphis Jared Cumberbatch Employed by Employed by Tennessee State University Ragland Brothers E.W. James & Sons Employed by S & C Foods Inc. Charles Edward’s Chairman Award: $800 Megan Turner Pomona College Charles Akerson II Father, Steve Turner AWG-Nashville Division Awards University of Tennessee Knoxville Employed by Employed by Turner Dairy Joshua Dawes - $1,500 Food Lion University of Tennessee Knoxville Mother, Leslie Dawes Aarika Williams Employed by Middle Tennessee State University Associated Wholesale Grocers Cliff Marshall Sr. Father, Stephen Williams Memorial Awards: $1,500 Employed by H.T. Hackney Co. Ashley Gafford - $1,500 Christian Kepley Tennessee Technological Austin Peay State University University Employed by Brittany Young Father, Buddy Dixon Reese’s Food Store University of Tennessee Martin Employed by Employed by Associated Wholesale Grocers Shop Rite of Savannah Inc Ian Ledrick - $1,000 Andrew Marshall University of Louisville Samford University Employed by Father, Andrew Marshall Houchens Food Industry Employed by TGEF Memorial Awards: $800 Puckett’s Grocery Samantha Economos University of Tennessee Knoxville Ashley Ramos - $1,000 Kristi Oakley Middle Tennessee State Father, Steven Economos University of Memphis University Employed by Employed by Employed by Anheuser-Busch Lakeway IGA Smithson’s Piggly Wiggly #8
Shelly Negrotto Ashley Rolen - $1,000 Lacey Oeser East Tennessee State University Cumberland University Samford University Father, Scott Negrotto Mother, Tabatha Rolen Father, Mark Oeser Employed by Employed by Employed by Kellogg’s S & C Foods Inc. Oeser Food Stores
6OLUNTEER 'ROCER s Coca-Cola Enterprises Award: $500 E.W. James Ricki Lyn Crawford Memorial Awards: $1,200 Walter State Community College Mitchell Ishmael Employed by Rose-Hulman Institute of Tatum Carmack Food City Technology Jackson State Community College Mother, Susannah Ishmael Mother, Demetra Carmack Employed by Employed by Kroger E.W. James & Sons Christopher Hobbs Pellissippi State Employed by Jordan Smith Food City Compton Family University of Tennessee Martin Memorial Awards: $1,100 Mother, Tassie Smith Employed by Sarah Cendejas E.W. James & Sons Middle Tennessee State Golden Flake University Snack Food Awards: $1,200 Employed by Houchens Food Industry Ed Royal Memorial Award: $1,250 Morgan Higginbotham Belmont University Brody Thomas Father, Walter Higginbotham Jr. Savannah Powers Employed by East Tennessee State University Austin Peay State University Golden Flake Snack Foods Employed by Mother, Melinda Thomas Tietgens Food Stores Employed by The Reese Group Jennifer Reed Vanderbilt University Employed by Kroger-Midsouth Ed Shull Diversity Award: $800 County Delite Farms Awards: $1,000 Michael Swift University of Tennessee Knoxville Kimberly Hurt Employed by H. Dean Dickey Founders Award: $950 University of Alabama Kroger-Delta Father, Danny Hurt Employed by Ronald Neeley Country Delite Farms Virginia Tech Father, William Neeley Employed by Alyssha Smith Eddie McMillan Community Food City Middle Tennessee State Service Award: $1,200 University Father, David Smith Courtney Compton Employed by The University of Virginia’s College H.G. Hill Jr. Memorial Awards: $1,200 Country Delite Farms at Wise Employed by Rachel Downs Food City University of Tennessee Knoxville Mother, Melissa Downs Employed by Dyer Foods / Food Rite Oeser Food Stores Stores Awards: $1,000 Food City Awards: $1,500 Kelsey Crittenden Erin Beach Hailey Duke Dyersburg State Community The University of Virginia’s University of Tennessee College College at Wise Employed by Employed by Employed by S & C Foods Inc. Dyer Foods Food City
William Record Natia Brogdon Brittney Schroader Union University Middle Tennessee State Tennessee Technological University Employed by University Mother, Jean Schroader Dyer Foods Employed by Employed by Food City S & C Foods Inc.
s 6OLUNTEER 'ROCER Jack & Jewell “Judy” Smith Larry Brown Evelyn Gomez Memorial Awards: $1,650 Tennessee Technological University University of Tennessee Mother, Sandra Brown Chattanooga Jennifer Cobb Employed by Father, Alberto Gomez Lee University L.P. Shanks Company Employed by Employed by Mayfield Dairy Food City Sarah Brown Rachel Stine Roane State Community College Tennessee Technological Mother, Sandra Brown University Samantha Lindsey Employed by Father, Donald Stine, Jr. Lincoln Memorial University L.P. Shanks Company Mayfield Dairy Employed by Food City Lynsey Myers Taylor Watson Lipscomb University Cumberland University Mother, Paula Myers Father, Ted Watson Erin Morgan Employed by Employed by Wofford College L.P. Shanks Company Mayfield Dairy Father, Denver Morgan Food City Rebecca Smith Roane State Community College N.A.M.R. Awards Mother, Jeanine Smith Kyle Perriguey Employed by Kelsey Hales - $750 University of Memphis L.P. Shanks Company Middle Tennessee State University Employed by Father, Thomas Hales Food City Employed by Jenna Wakefield Specialty Foods Group, Inc. Tennessee Tech University Father, Donald Wakefield, Jr. Employed by Grace Wampler - $1,500 L.P. Shanks Company Trevecca Nazarene University Jimmy Ragland Memorial Award Father, John Edd Wampler Employed by Courtney Glasgow - Family Brands International $4,000 Volunteer State Community College Mother, Connie Austin La’Shanna Trout Riley Wampler - $1,250 Employed by Memorial Award: $1,200 Trevecca Nazarene University C.B. Ragland Company Father, John Edd Wampler Seth Peltier Employed by William McKnight - King College Family Brands International $3,000 Father, Mark Peltier University of Denver Employed by Mother, Claire Ragland McKnight Food City Employed by Norman & LaNelle Wade C.B. Ragland Company Memorial Award: $1,000 Margaret Ragland - Demetrus Brown $3,000 Lees-McRae College University of Washington School Mayfield Dairy Farms Awards: $1,000 Employed by of Medicine Wade’s Food Stores Father, James B. Ragland Aisha Dotson Employed by Vanderbilt University C.B. Ragland Company Mother, Lisa Dotson Employed by Mayfield Dairy Oney J. & Adele H. Naifeh L.P. Shanks Company Awards: $1,000 Memorial Awards: $900 Tom Austin II James Farris Zachary Acheson Tennessee Technological University Tennessee Wesleyan College University of Memphis Father, Tom Sewell Austin Father, Harry Farris Jr. Employed by Employed by Employed by Naifeh’s Food Rite L.P. Shanks Company Mayfield Dairy
6OLUNTEER 'ROCER s Courtney Chumley Ashley Ramos Dane Daniels - $1,000 University of Memphis University of Memphis Middle Tennessee State Employed by Employed by University Naifeh’s Food Rite Lakeway IGA Father, H.L. Daniels Employed by Purity Dairies Rebecca Hill Taylor Watson University of Tennessee Knoxville Cumberland University Justin Dorris - $1,200 University of Tennessee Father, Hugh Hill II Father, Ted Watson Chattanooga Employed by Employed by Father, Michael Dorris Turner Dairy Mayfield Dairy Employed by Purity Dairies P.A. Turner Memorial Awards: $1,100 Kayla Dunn - $1,000 Virginia Hill Purity Dairies Awards Volunteer State Community University of Tennessee College Father, Hugh Hill II Lea Avrit - $1,000 Stepmother, Karen McKinney Employed by Austin Peay State University Employed by Turner Dairy Father, Philip Avrit Purity Dairies Employed by Purity Dairies Nicholas Edwards - David McCullough $1,200 Georgia Tech University University of Tennessee Father, Andy McCullough Kyle Bales - $1,200 Father, Roger Edwards Employed by Middle Tennessee State University Employed by Turner Dairy Mother, Donette Bales Purity Dairies Employed by Purity Dairies Christy McSpadden Brittany Gannon - $1,200 University of Arkansas of Medical Faulkner University Sciences Charlotte Baltz - $1,000 Father, Andrew Gannon Father, David McSpadden University of Tennessee at Employed by Employed by Chattanooga Purity Dairies Turner Dairy Father, Douglas Baltz Jr. Whitney McSpadden Employed by Purity Dairies Arkansas State University Drew Gaw - $1,200 Lipscomb University Father, David McSpadden Amy Boyd - $1,000 Employed by Father, Ronnie Gaw Motlow State Community College Employed by Turner Dairy Father, Philip Boyd Purity Dairies Employed by Ryan Turner Purity Dairies University of Alabama Kyle Knowles - $1,200 Father, Steve Turner Emily Boyd - $1,200 Middle Tennessee State Employed by University of Tennessee University Turner Dairy Father, Philip Boyd Father, Donald Knowles Employed by Employed by Purity Dairies Purity Dairies Participation Bonus Awards: $500 Constance Lane - $1,000 Courtney Compton Joshua Brinkley - $1,000 Middle Tennessee State University Volunteer State Community University of Virginia’s College Father, Steven Lane Jr College at Wise Employed by Father, David Brinkley Employed by Purity Dairies Food City Employed by Purity Dairies Dane Daniels Lauren Carr - $1,200 Morgan Martin - $1,000 Middle Tennessee State Cumberland University Wallace State Community College University Father, John Carr Parent, Cacy Martin Father, H.L. Daniels Employed by Employed by Purity Dairies Purity Dairies Purity Dairies
s 6OLUNTEER 'ROCER Ashley McMeen - $1,200 Reese Food Stores Awards: $500 Walter Johnson Memorial / University of Alabama TWGA Award: $1,400 Father, John McMeen Mary Beasley Employed by Tennessee Technology Center Candace Lawrence Purity Dairies Employed by Auburn University Reese’s Food Stores Father, Mike Lawrence Employed by Kelsey Moody - $1,000 Mitchell Grocery Corporation Middle Tennessee State University Amber Booth Father, Randy Moody Tennessee Tech University Employed by Employed by Wayne Cagle Purity Dairies Reese’s Food Store Memorial Award: $1,200 Travis Moody - $1,200 Katy Reynolds Middle Tennessee State University of Tennessee Martin University Jordan Halliburton Mother, Amanda Pugh Father, Randy Moody Tennessee Tech University Employed by Employed by Employed by E.W. James & Sons Purity Dairies Reese’s Food Stores Collin Peek - $1,000 Calhoun Community College Father, James Peek Wesley Ball Employed by Fellowship Award: $1,200 Purity Dairies S & C Foods, Inc. Award: $1,500 Christina Hendrickson University of Phoenix Adam Lang Employed by Corey Summerhill - $1,000 Vanderbilt University Pepsi Beverages Company Northwest Shoals Community Employed by College S & C Foods Inc. Parent or Guardian John L Summerhill Purity Dairies Sara Negrotto James H. Quillen College of Carolyne Turner - $1,000 Medicine Father, Scott Negrotto Faulkner State Community College Smith & Woods Management Employed by Stepfather, John Jinright Awards: $1,000 Kellogg’s Employed by Purity Dairies Patrick Dalton University of Tennessee Father, Brent Dalton Zuma Richardson Adam Williams - $1,200 Employed by Memorial Award: $1,100 Middle Tennessee State Eagle Distributing University Caleb Jones Father, Mike Foust Dalton State College Employed by Mary Lauren Upchurch Employed by Purity Dairies University of Tennessee American Consumers Chattanooga Purity Dairies - State Awards: $1,000 Mother, Mary Susan Upchurch Employed by Heather Holley Davis and Eslick Grocer Martin Methodist College Employed by Davis and Eslick Grocery Theron & Marie McCool Memorial Award: $650 Corbin Osborne Madison Overall Middle Tennessee State University of Tennessee Knoxville University Employed by Osborne Bros Inc
6OLUNTEER 'ROCER s Tennessee Grocers Education Foundation Recognizes Companies Holding Endowed and Piggyback Scholarships
&IRST AND FOREMOST 4'%& THANKS !,, ITS WINNERS IN THIS ISSUE OF 4HE 6OLUNTEER 'ROCER FOUNDATIONS MANY SUPPORTERS 7ITHOUT YOUR CONTINUED WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE COMPANIES ACROSS THE SUPPORT 4'%& WOULD NOT BE CELEBRATING ITS WHO SUPPORT AND HOLD SCHOLARSHIPS WITH COUNTRY TH !NNIVERSARY AND OVER MILLION DOLLARS 4'%& %ITHER THROUGH THE 0IGGYBACK 0ROGRAM )F YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ESTABLISHING A IN AWARDS OR THROUGH AN ENDOWMENT THESE COMPANIES 0IGGYBACK 3CHOLARSHIP OR AN %NDOWED !S WE ENTER THE SCHOOL YEAR AND RECOGNIZE AND THEIR SCHOLARSHIPS HAS MADE 4'%& !WARD CONTACT *ARRON 3PRINGER AT THE ACADEMIC YEAR SCHOLARSHIP STAND OUT AS ONE OF THE LARGEST FOOD INDUSTRY
Piggyback Awards: 1985 -2010
0IGGYBACK AWARDS ALLOW 4'#3! MEMBER SCHOLARSHIP ON AN ANNUAL BASIS *UST LIKE AN ALREADY ESTABLISHED FOUNDATION "ELOW IS THE COMPANIES TO HAVE AN ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FOR A COMPANY THIS GUARANTEES NUMBER OF AWARDS EACH PIGGYBACKED AWARD WITHOUT CREATING AN ENDOWMENT 4'%& WORKS SOMEONE FROM THE ESTABLISHING COMPANY WINS HAS PRESENTED SINCE ITS FOUNDING AND THE TOTAL WITH THE COMPANY TO ESTABLISH AN AWARD A SCHOLARSHIP 4HE PROGRAM ALLOWS FOR A 4'#3! DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THOSE AWARDS .OTE 3OME SELECT THE RECIPIENTS AND THE SPONSORING MEMBER TO hPIGGYBACKv ON THE ASSOCIATIONS PIGGYBACK AWARDS LISTED ARE NO LONGER ACTIVE COMPANY DONATES THE FUNDS FOR THE
Piggyback Awards # Awards Dollar Value
!LLIANCE -ARKETING !WARDS !SSOCIATED 7HOLESALE 'ROCERS .ASHVILLE !WARDS "ILL 2AGLAND -EMORIAL 3CHOLARSHIP # %ARL /GLE -EMORIAL !WARD #OUNTRY $ELITE &ARMS !WARDS #REEKMORE &OOD #ENTERS !WARD $YER &OODS )NC &OOD 2ITE 3TORES !WARDS %7 *AMES -EMORIAL 3CHOLARSHIPS %D 2OYAL -EMORIAL 3CHOLARSHIP %NTERGY )NTEGRATED 3OLUTIONS )NC !WARD &LEMING +RIEGER !WARDS &OOD #ITY !WARDS 'ARY #RON !WARD 'IANT &OODS !WARDS (' (ILL *R -EMORIAL !WARDS (OUCHENS &OOD !WARDS *IM !DAMS )'! !WARDS ,EWIS "ROTHERS "AKERIES !WARDS ,0 3HANKS #OMPANY 3CHOLARSHIP !WARD -AYlELD $AIRY &ARMS 3CHOLARSHIP &UND -33# 3CHOLARSHIP !WARDS /AKWOOD -ARKETS !WARD /DOMS &OOD 4OWN !WARD 0ROCTOR !SSOCIATES !WARD 0URITY $AIRIES !WARD 2ED &OOD 3TORES !WARDS 2EESE &OOD 3TORES 3CHOLARSHIPS 2OBERT , 7HITE -EMORIAL !WARD 3 # &OODS )NC 3CHOLARSHIP 3AMELSON ,EON 3CHOLARSHIP 3CRIVNER 0AY #ASH !WARD 3ULLIVAN 3TAMPS !WARDS 5NITED 'ROCERY /UTLET 3CHOLARSHIPS 6OLUNTEER 3ALES )NC !WARDS 7AYNE #AGLE -EMORIAL 3CHOLARSHIP Total 490 $ 621,200
s 6OLUNTEER 'ROCER Endowed Awards: 1985 -2010
Endowed awards are established as that the principle of the funds held for each have established them through TGEF. Below perpetual. In other words - “Last forever.” This scholarship is not used and can continue is the number of awards each endowment means these scholarships are funded through to produce interest to fund annual awards. has presented since its founding and the total interest earned by the funds donated to The TGEF Board of Trustees manages these dollar amount for those awards. TGEF in the scholarships name. This assures awards for the companies and families that
Endowed Awards # Awards Dollar Value
#HARLES %DWARDS #HAIRMANS !WARD #LIFF -ARSHALL 3R -EMORIAL 3CHOLARSHIPS #OMPTON &AMILY 3CHOLARSHIP &UND 4HE %D 3HULL $IVERSITY 3CHLOLARSHIP %DDIE -C-ILLAN #OMMUNITY 3ERVICE !WARD 'OLDEN &LAKE 3NACK &OODS !WARDS ( $EAN $ICKEY &OUNDERS !WARD *ACK *EWELL h*UDYv 3MITH -EMORIAL 3CHOLARSHIP *IMMY 2AGLAND -EMORIAL 3CHOLARSHIP ,A3HANNA 4ROUT -EMORIAL 3CHOLARSHIP .!-2 !WARDS .ORMAN ,A.ELLE 7ADE -EMORIAL 3CHOLARSHIP /NEY * !DELE ( .AIFEH -EMORIAL 3CHOLARSHIP 0! 4URNER -EMORIAL !WARDS 0URITY $AIRIES 3CHOLARSHIP &UND 3MITH 7OODS -ANAGEMENT 3CHOLARSHIPS 4'%& -EMORIAL 3CHOLARSHIP !WARD 4HERON -ARIE -C#OOL -EMORIAL 3CHOLARSHIP 7ALTER *OHNSON -EMORIAL47'! !WARD 7ESLEY "ALL &ELLOWSHIP !WARDS :UMA 2ICHARDSON -EMORIAL !WARD Total 826 $ 1,004,150
TGCSA Sponsored Awards
4HESE LISTS DO NOT INCLUDE THE SCHOLAR The list above along with the TGCSA Congratulations to all our winners and all the SHIPS WORTH GIVEN SOLELY ON BEHALF and TGEF awards brings our total since TGCSA members and supporters. of TGCSA and TGEF. TO AWARDS WORTH
H.G. Hill is a proud supporter of the Tennessee Grocers & Convenience Store Association and The Tennessee Grocers Congratulations Education Foundation. H.G. Hill Award Winners! H.G. Hill Food Stores extends their Jared Cumberbatch Lacey Oeser congratulations to the Hailey Duke Ashley Rolen 2010-2011 Scholorship Adam Lang Brittney Schroader Award Recipients.
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