College bills can make parents quake in their boots—to say the least!  If you have a child or spouse in college then you know how tough it is when a tuition bill arrives—and if you don’t, there are many employees in your company that do.  Each year, AWMA’s Distributors Education Foundation awards two $5,000 Ray Foley Memorial Scholarships to deserving college students.  These scholarships are available only to AWMA wholesale member companies — specifically to employees or employees’ immediate family members.  To be eligible for this scholarship, an applicant must:

• be enrolled full-time in college for the 2010-2011 year;
• pursue the study of business;
• express an interest in a career in candy/tobacco/convenience products wholesale distribution;
• be employed by an AWMA wholesale member on an ongoing basis or be the immediate family member (son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, wife, husband) of an AWMA wholesale member employee who is employed on an ongoing basis.

The Ray Foley Memorial Scholarship application can be downloaded or printed from the AWMA website at http://www.awmanet.org/page/education-/-research/scholarships/scholarships  (www.awmanet.org; Education/Research; Scholarships).  Or to receive an application by fax or email, please contact Kathy Trost at (800) 482-2962, ext. 648 or (703) 208-1648 direct or email kathyt@awmanet.org .

AWMA/DEF is pleased to offer this scholarship opportunity to all distributor member company employees as an AWMA membership benefit.  And this scholarship is not strictly about grades…there are many areas that are judged including the applicants interest in joining the convenience distribution industry.