AIWF Culinary Scholarship for Vermonters
Our Vermont chapter has established an annual $2500. scholarship for Vermont students pursuing a culinary education. See further information below.
Buy your special AIWF label 2 year Classic Cheddar made famous by the
Grafton Cheese Company.
With your purchase of the AIWF scholarship cheese, proceeds
HELP FUND OUR CULINARY SCHOLARSHIP, making it doubly good for gift giving!
With the sale of each AIWF Culinary Scholarship cheese, the Windham
Foundation--parent to the Grafton Village Cheese Company and a non-profit organization known throughout Vermont for its philanthropy
and preservation work--will donate to the AIWF Vermont Chapter Culinary Scholarship fund.
Chefs are
encouraged to use and retailers are encouraged to stock The AIWF Culinary Scholarship cheddar.
This award winning cheddar is aged for two years and is sealed in black wax to
retain freshness. Steve Jenkins, author of Cheese Primer, says of Grafton’s Classic
Vermont Cheddar, “It is magnificent, an authentic American Treasure."
The scholarship cheese is available in 3 retail sizes, available for purchase through the
Grafton Village Cheese Company or at your local store-just ask them to carry it.
WHOLESALE accounts may order 8 oz. wheels, 2lb. blocks, and 10 lb. bulk through
Black River Produce. Phone Jay at 800-228-5481 x 288. Please specify scholarship cheese as follows:
single 8oz. wheel #50278 / 12 @8oz Wheels #50277 / single 2lb. bar #50299 / 3x2lb. bars #50298 / single 10lb. print #50282
Vermont Roots is also selling our scholarship cheese to wholesale accounts. Phone: 802-747-3312
You may also order our scholarship cheese at the following retail locations:
Cheese Traders, South Burlington, VT
Dorset Union Store, Dorset VT
F. H. Gillinghams, Woodstock VT
The Grafton Village Cheese Company, Grafton VT
Hemingway's Restaurant, Killington VT
H.N. Williams Department Store, Dorset VT
The Inn at Saw Mill Farm, West Dover VT
The Killington Market, Killington VT
Mendon Country Store, Mendon VT
Farm-Way Inc, Bradford VT
Killington Wine Fest, July 17, 2010, Killington VT
If it is not in stock, please inquire. If you would like your local market to carry our scholarship cheese, or if a business who does carry it is missing from this list, do let us know. Email aiwfvt@sover.net.
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ABOUT OUR VERMONT SCHOLARSHIP
The
AIWF Culinary Scholarship is offered through The Vermont Student
Assistance Corp., created in 1965 as a public nonprofit agency to help
Vermonters who want to go to college or have other training after high
school. The VSAC provides loans, scholarships, career and education
planning, and general information about getting an education.
The Scholarships Booklet contains details about the AIWF Culinary Scholarship as well as application forms for the next academic year. The VSAC Scholarship Booklet also may be obtained from schools and local libraries, or from the VSAC website.
THE WINNERS!
Justin Cucullo is our 2011 scholarship recipient. Justin completed the
culinary arts program at River Valley Technical Center and is looking to pursue
his interest at another culinary school. Congratulations Justin!
PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS:
Jozef Eller 2010 -- In
a thank you letter he says, "My dreams of becoming a chef are fast
becoming a reality. Thanks to the kindness of people such as yourselves I
can afford to pursue my passions and one day brighten peoples lives
with good food. Thank you so much."
Tenzin Dakpa 2009 --
Tenzin is also passionate about cooking and his desire is to open his own
Taiwanese Restaurant. He has also been a beloved leader at the King Street
Youth Center in Burlington.
Patrick Caron, 2008 --Patrick will attend Johnson & Wales University in Rhode Island. Patrick says, "I have wanted to
pursue a degree in the culinary arts for some time and this financial
support is a tremendous help in fulfilling that dream."
Kelli Van Horn, 2007 -- attended New England Culinary Institute, in Essex Junction, where she hopes to learn skills to own her own bakery.
Stephanie Swett 2006 -- was accepted at NECI. In her thank you she writes, "...it has been an honor to become the first
family member to attend post secondary schooling. My family has been
continually supportive throughout the first year of my schooling. Every
week when I call them, they are always excited to hear about all that I
have learned.... I paid for my first year of school through
scholarships, loans, and personal savings."
Contact:
VSAC
PO Box 999
Winooski VT 05404
Phone: 1-800-798-8722 or (802) 655-4050
www.vsac.org
Please forward this information to any interested parties or schools.
