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Reser's Fine Foods Scholarship Program
Deadline to apply: March 13, 2025 3:00 pm CT

Reser’s Fine Foods has established a scholarship program to assist children of employees who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school programs.

The program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.

Información del programa en español

Applicants to the Reser’s Fine Foods Scholarship must be:

  • Dependent* children, age 26 and under, of full-time and part-time Reser’s Fine Foods employees in the United States (U.S) who have a minimum of one (1) year employment with the company as of the application deadline date.
    *Dependent children are defined as biological, step- or legally adopted children living in the employee’s household or primarily supported by the employee.
  • Be high school seniors or graduates or current first-year college undergraduates.
  • Plan to enroll in full-time or part-time (minimum 6 credit hours or equivalent) undergraduate study at an accredited two- or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year as long as Reser’s Fine Foods is covering just the first two years of schooling.
  • Selections are made by Scholarship America using a number of criteria including the level of need.

Awards

If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a $5,000 award. Up to 10 awards will be granted.

Awards may be renewed for up to one additional year or until an associate’s degree or vocational-technical degree is earned, whichever occurs first, on the basis of satisfactory academic performance, full-time or part-time enrollment, and continued employment/parental employment.

The award will only be renewed for one year if it covering the first two years of schooling. Recipients currently in their second year are not eligible to renew the award.

Awards are for undergraduate study only.

Notification

All applicants will be notified in May.

Payment of Scholarships

Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of Reser’s Fine Foods. Payment is made in August.

Selection of Recipients

Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:

  • Academic record
  • Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
  • Work experience
  • A statement of educational and career goals and objectives
  • Unusual personal or family circumstances
  • An online recommendation

Financial need will be considered in the selection process.

Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of Reser’s Fine Foods play a part in the selection. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.

As part of your application, you must upload the following:

  • A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display:
  • Student name
  • School name
  • Grades
  • Credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.

NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of your test score report(s) separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.

One online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf no later than March 18, 2025 3:00 pm Central Time.

Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.

Reser’s Fine Foods has partnered with Scholarship America. Selecting the button below will redirect you to the Scholarship America Student Hub!

Please make sure to add studentsupport@scholarshipamerica.org as well as the program email address provided below in the footer as safe senders in your email contact list.