Photo courtesy of Alabama Grocers Association.
Briarwood Christian High School alumna Rebecca Wolfe.
The Alabama Grocers Education Foundation (AGEF) recently awarded $34,500 in scholarships to employees or children of employees from Alabama Grocers Association (AGA) member companies for the 2020-21 academic year. These included 22 AGEF-funded scholarships, 10 Piggyback Scholarships and five Endowed Scholarships for a total of 37 schol-arships awarded.
Rebecca Wolfe of Birmingham, a graduate of Briarwood Christian High School, is a recipient of a 2020-21 AGA Scholarship. Wolfe is working to obtain a degree in accounting from Samford University.
“To date, the Alabama Grocers Foundation has awarded more than $1.3 million in scholarships,” said Ellie Smotherman Taylor, president of the Alabama Grocers Association. “Our association is thrilled to be supporting higher education efforts of Alabama’s youth and can think of no better investment.”
The Alabama Grocers Education Foundation recognizes and aids students who are related to Alabama’s food industry by virtue of their parent’s employment or their own part-time employment by firms that are members of the Alabama Grocers Association.
The scholarship program demonstrates the association’s interest in the growth and development of the leaders of tomorrow by providing financial assistance to deserving students. This year, the foundation received more than 65 applications.
Scholarships are awarded by an impartial committee of educators and are based on community involvement and academic achievements. Funds are raised from three annual golf events, a silent auction and the generosity of supporters, members and friends of the Alabama Grocers Association.
Submitted by Alabama Grocers Association.
