United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 880 Scholarship Fund

THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS TO UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE STUDENTS.

SCHOLARSHIPS GRANTED TO 30 INDIVIDUALS:SELECTION TERMS AND CONDITIONS: SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS ARE CHOSEN IN TWO WAYS: (1) THE VAST MAJORITY OF SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED TO APPLICANTS WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR A SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE INTERNATIONAL UNION'S SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. EACH SUCH APPLICANT MUST COMPLY WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL UNION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. THEY MUST SEND THEIR COMPLETED APPLICATIONS DIRECTLY TO THE INTERNATIONAL UNION'S SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR PROCESSING. ONCE THE INTERNATIONAL UNION'S SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE HAS EVALUATED ALL APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, IT SENDS THE RANKED RESULTS (AND SUPPORTING MATERIALS) FOR THOSE APPLICANTS WITHIN LOCAL 880'S JURISDICTION TO THE LOCAL 880 SCHOLARSHIP FUND TRUSTEES. THESE MATERIALS AND RANKINGS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ARE REVIEWED BY THE LOCAL 880 SCHOLARSHIP FUND TRUSTEES, AND IF THE TRUSTEES AGREE WITH THE RANKINGS, THEN SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED TO THE TOP THREE APPLICANTS FROM THE CLEVELAND AREA, TWO APPLICANTS FROM THE AKRON-CANTON AREA, AND ONE APPLICANT FROM THE YOUNGSTOWN AREA. IF THE TRUSTEES DO NOT AGREE WITH THE RANKINGS FROM INTERNATIONAL, THE TRUSTEES MAY REVISE THE RANKINGS AND THOSE APPLICANTS WHO WILL BE SELECTED TO RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS. FURTHERMORE AND IF THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT APPLICANTS IN A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA (CLEVELAND, AKRON-CANTON OR YOUNGSTOWN), THEN A SELECTION WILL BE MADE FROM THE OTHER TWO AREAS BASED UPON THE ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF THE TRUSTEES. (2) ON OCCASION, THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND TRUSTEES WILL AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS TO DESERVING APPLICANTS WHO WERE NOT THE HIGHEST RANKED BY THE INTERNATIONAL AND TO DESERVING APPLICANTS WHO APPLIED SOLELY TO LOCAL 880. IN THESE CASES NEED AND COMMITMENT TO THE UNION MOVEMENT ARE THE PRIMARY CONSIDERATIONS FOR AN AWARD RATHER THAN SCHOLASTICS.NOTIFICATION AND FOLLOW UP TERMS AND CONDITIONS: THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND TRUSTEES NOTIFY THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS OF THEIR SELECTION. EACH APPLICANT MUST COMPLETE AND SIGN A SCHOLARSHIP ACCEPTANCE AGREEMENT AND A VERIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT FORM. THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND TRUSTEES ANNUALLY VERIFY CONTINUED ENROLLMENT AND SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT. A VERIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT FORM SIGNED BY A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND TO PROVE THE GRANTEE REMAINS ENROLLED. THE TRUSTEES ALSO CHECK THE UNION'S MEMBERSHIP DATABASE TO CONFIRM THE CONTINUED MEMBERSHIP STATUS OF THE RECIPIENT OR A PARENT.

DONATION GRANTED TO GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK:THE UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UFCW LOCAL 880 SCHOLARSHIP FUND DONATED $10,000 TO HARVEST FOR HUNGER. ALONG WITH AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS, EVERY YEAR A CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION WILL BE MADE TO A LOCAL ORGANIZATION.