2024 VRGA Scholarship Applications are now open!
Application Deadline - PLEASE NOTE: Due to the delay in the FAFSA, our deadline has been pushed back to MAY 24, 2024.
Congratulations to our 2023 Scholarship Program recipients!
About the program
The Vermont Retail & Grocers association is proud to offer scholarships to students affiliated with member businesses based on the below criteria. 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.
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 2024 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.
