Congratulations to the Vermont Retail & Grocers Association
2025 Scholarship Program recipients!
The Vermont Retail & Grocers association is proud to offer scholarships to students affiliated with member businesses. Through our scholarship program we provide financial assistance to eligible students entering their first year at an accredited two or four-year school in the US. The VRGA Scholarship Fund is supported solely by our members. Thank you to our members for awarding Vermont students each year who embark on a path toward higher education. Our 2025 Vermont Retail & Grocers Association Scholarship Program awardees are:
Donovan Arnold, Main Street Market, Richford
Camryn Benoit, Main Street Market, Richford
Marianna Cleary, Hunger Mountain Co-op, Montpelier
Kayleigh Darby, The White Market, St. Johnsbury
Brandon Driver, Co-op Food Stores of New Hampshire and Vermont, White River Junction
Clayton Kessop, Market 32/Price Chopper, West Rutland
Kaylee Maloy, Hannaford, Brandon
Riley Rodrigue, Sugar & Spice Restaurant, Mendon
Thomas Saunders, Hannaford, Bennington
Abigail Viens, Bailey Road, Montpelier
Applicants must meet the following qualifications to apply:
* Be a Vermont resident or be affiliated with a VRGA Member in Vermont;
* Be a graduating high school senior planning to attend a US accredited two or four year postsecondary school or;
* Plan to attend for the first time a US accredited two or four-year postsecondary school in 2025 and have received a high school diploma;
* File a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) no later than four weeks prior to the scholarship deadline (TBD)
*Meet one or more of the following conditions:
- Be the dependent of an employee or owner of a VRGA member company. Company or Employee must be located in Vermont or have responsibility in Vermont;
- Be an employee of a VRGA retail or associate member company in Vermont. Employee must be located in Vermont or have responsibility in Vermont.
- The employee must be employed a minimum of 15 hours per week or 750 hours per year; and have been employed at a VRGA retail member store or company for a minimum of one year at the time the student applies for this scholarship.
Please email your application to info@vtrga.org or send it via mail to 963 Paine Turnpike N Berlin, VT 05602. Email preferred if possible.
