Teamsters Local 215 Scholarship Fund Announces Scholarship Awards Of $235,000 For 2021
The Teamsters Local 215 Scholarship and Educational Trust Fund was established in 1998 by Teamsters Local 215 in conjunction with area employers that have collectively bargained contracts with Teamsters Local 215.
The Scholarship Fund was established as a Taft-Hartley Scholarship Fund which means there are an equal number of Employer Trustees and Union Trustees that administer the Fund. The current Employer Trustees are Gary Staley and Alan Braun and the current Union Trustees are Chuck Whobrey and Rick Voyles.
The Scholarship Fund is funded by employer contributions that are negotiated by Teamsters Local 215 into their collectively bargained contracts with various employers in the area.
Sons and Daughters of Teamsters Local 215 members that work for contributing employers are eligible to apply for scholarships from the Fund. They are eligible to apply annually for their first five years out of high school.
The Trustees appoint a scholarship selection committee that is made up of area educators that volunteer their time to this program. Retired University of Southern Indiana Vice PresidentÂ
Sherrianne Standley has chaired the selection committee for all but one year of the awards. The selection committee reviews the scholarship applications and recommends the scholarship awards and amounts. In applying for a scholarship, the applicant must provide their high school transcripts and if applicable, their college transcripts to date. They also must include an essay explaining why they are deserving of being awarded a scholarship.
Today, the Scholarship Fund is pleased to announce that it will be awarding 74 scholarships totaling $235, 000.00 to area students for the 2021-22 academic year.
The Fund is awarding ten (10) $5000.00 scholarships, four (4) $4500.00 scholarships, nineteen (19) $4000.00 scholarships, four (4) $3400.00 scholarships, twenty-two (22) $2600.00 scholarships and another fifteen (15) scholarships totaling $20,200.00.
Since the Scholarship Fund’s inception, it has awarded 2062 scholarships worth over $3,750,000.00.
A DETAILED BREAKDOWN CONCERNING THE NUMBERS AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS AWARD TO WORTHY ACADEMIC STUDENTS BY LOCAL TEAMSTERS 215 ARE POSTED BELOW:
|
AWARD |
NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS |
AVG SCHOLARSHIP |
MAXIMUM |
TOTAL AMOUNT |
||
|
YEAR |
AWARDED |
AWARD |
AWARDED |
AWARDED |
||
|
1998 |
9 |
$ 1,555.00 | $2,500.00 | $14,000.00 | ||
|
1999 |
21 |
$ 1,190.00 | $1,500.00 | $25,000.00 | ||
|
2000 |
27 |
$ 1,481.00 | $2,000.00 | $40,000.00 | ||
|
2001 |
54 |
$ 926.00 | $2,000.00 | $50,000.00 | ||
|
2002 |
64 |
$ 1,015.00 | $2,500.00 | $65,000.00 | ||
|
2003 |
67 |
$ 1,343.00 | $2,750.00 | $90,000.00 | ||
|
2004 |
76 |
$ 1,447.00 | $3,000.00 | $110,000.00 | ||
|
2005 |
90 |
$ 1,444.00 | $3,300.00 | $130,000.00 | ||
|
2006 |
94 |
$ 1,596.00 | $3,500.00 | $150,000.00 | ||
|
2007 |
100 |
$ 1,650.00 | $3,750.00 | $165,000.00 | ||
|
2008 |
124 |
$ 1,613.00 | $4,000.00 | $200,000.00 | ||
|
2009 |
125 |
$ 1,774.00 | $4,000.00 | $221,750.00 | ||
|
2010 |
131 |
$ 1,680.00 | $4,000.00 | $220,050.00 | ||
|
2011 |
143 |
$ 1,399.00 | $4,000.00 | $200,000.00 | ||
|
2012 |
123 |
$ 1,505.00 | $3,300.00 | $185,125.00 | ||
|
2013 |
113 |
$ 1,593.00 | $4,000.00 | $180,050.00 | ||
|
2014 |
97 |
$ 1,856.00 | $4,000.00 | $180,000.00 | ||
|
2015 |
109 |
$ 1,789.00 | $3,200.00 | $195,000.00 | ||
|
2016 |
85 |
$ 2,353.00 | $4,000.00 | $200,000.00 | ||
|
2017 |
86 |
$ 2,442.00 | $4,000.00 | $210,000.00 | ||
|
2018 |
87 |
$ 2,586.00 | $4,500.00 | $225,000.00 | ||
|
2019 |
84 |
$ 2,679.00 | $4,500.00 | $225,000.00 | ||
|
2020 |
79 |
$ 2,975.00 | $5,000.00 | $235,000.00 | ||
|
2021 |
74 |
$ 3,176.00 | $5,000.00 | $235,000.00 | ||
| TOTAL |
2062 |
$ 1,819.10 | $ 3,750,975.00 |
