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Danny Dettlinger Scholarship Fund

Requirements...

Traditional Students:
  • Be a one-year member of UFCW Local 227 or the child or legal dependent or spouse of a one-year member of UFCW Local 227 by March 4,2010

  • Have a 2.0 GPA (on a 4 point scale) or higher in high school

  • Be a high school senior who will graduate at the end of the current academic year, 2009-10 or currently enrolled in an institution of higher learning.

Non-Traditional Students:
  • Be at least a one-year member of Local 227

  • Have been out of high school at least one year. (If you have earned a GED, you may have done so within the past year, however, you must have been out of high school at least one year)


Please call 800-443-5191 or 502-582-3508 in Louisville and press ext. 126 to have the rules and application packet sent to you.

The scholarship fund is financed through fund raisers and donations.  The scholarship fund is in memory of Danny Dettlinger, a Local 227 Representative who believed that everyone deserves a second chance especially young people.

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Below are the winners for the Fall 2009 Semester:
We are pleased to announce the Danny Dettlinger Scholarship Fund had thirty-eight applications.  The completed applications were forwarded to representatives from the University of Louisville who subjected the completed applicant essays to a blind review.  The representatives then selected five (5) applicants to receive $2,000 scholarships toward the Fall 2009 academic year.

 

Congratulations to the following winners and the schools they plan to attend

● David Wittmer (member Kroger L-713) University of Kentucky 

● Amanda Keeton (dependant of member Kroger L-348) University of Louisville

● Chris Abell (dependant of member Kroger L-339) University of Louisville

● Michael Killion (member Kroger L-363) University of Kentucky

● Emily Thompson (dependant of member Kroger L-403) University of  Louisville

 
 

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