Whirlpool Foundation announces 2024 Sons & Daughters Scholarship recipients
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — The Whirlpool Foundation awarded 30 scholarships to the students of Whirlpool Corporation employees through the Sons and Daughters College and Vocational Training Scholarship program.
The scholarship program is in its 72nd year and historically has focused on traditional four-year colleges/universities. Beginning last year, the program was expanded to meet the post-secondary educational needs of students pursuing a vocational or technical career as well.
The scholarships celebrate the best and brightest among high school seniors across Whirlpool Corp. locations − including the company’s 10 U.S. manufacturing communities. The Whirlpool Foundation provides the scholarships through a competitive process in which children of more than 20,000 U.S. Whirlpool Corporation employees are eligible to apply.
“Each year we are honored to invest in the future of our employee's children through the Sons & Daughters Scholarship Program,” said Deb O’Connor, managing director of the Whirlpool Foundation. “The scholarship has a real impact toward helping to pay for the education needed to start the career of their dreams. ”
The following children of local Whirlpool Corporation employees have been selected to receive a 2024 scholarship:
Brynn Butler, child of Alana Butler
Madison Brook, child of Amber Hobbs
Taylor Schoen, child of Douglas Schoen
The Sons & Daughters Scholarship Program has provided more than 2,600 scholarships and honor awards totaling over $18 million, with more than 100 scholarship and award recipients attending colleges, universities and vocational schools across the U.S. Children of any full-time Whirlpool Corporation employee at the director level and below are eligible.
Students pursuing a four-year degree will receive $30,000 over four years and students working toward a two-year vocational degree will receive $15,000 over two years toward their respective educational costs. Students must maintain a 2.8 grade point average to maintain their scholarship.
This article originally appeared on Marion Star: Three Marion area students awarded Whirlpool Foundation scholarship
