Ariens Family Foundation Scholarship Fund

Background:

The Ariens Family Foundation looks for graduating seniors from the Brillion, Chilton, Hilbert, Reedsville, Valders and Wrightstown High Schools as well as locations where AriensCo has remote employees of 1 year or longer. The students should be planning to attend an accredited public, private or sponsored trade school. The Ariens Family Foundation looks to provide scholarships to the broader community and to the dependents of the Ariens Company family employees. The Foundation’s goal is to support young people as they seek to become better educated and therefore productive members of society

Eligibility: (taken into consideration to determine recipients)

• Ariens Family Foundation offers two types of scholarship awards: o Ariens Family Foundation College Scholarship Award (4-year school leading to a bachelor’s degree) o Ariens Family Foundation Technical Scholarship Award (2-year college, technical school, certification/apprenticeship program) • Dependent high school seniors of employees of AriensCo employed for at least one year at any AriensCo location • Also, graduating seniors from the following high schools: o Brillion High School o Chilton High School o Hilbert High School o Reedsville High School o Valders High School o Wrightstown High School • Planning to attend a 2- or 4-year college, university, or technical school as a full-time student • Demonstrated high academic performance, leadership, and participation in high school and community activities, work experience • Significant improvement in high school attendance and/or GPA • Demonstrated motivation to succeed

Award Amount:

Number of awards will vary; $2,000 non-renewable scholarship award for tuition expenses for the first semester of college.

Selection:

Recipients are recommended each spring by the Ariens Family Foundation Scholarship Selection Committee within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region.

Collecting the Award & Payment Procedure: Recipients must fill out and submit Scholarship Acceptance Form and Scholarship Verification Form through the Scholarship Portal (https://www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=cffvrscholar). Recipients are required to provide supporting documents as instructed in the Scholarship Verification Form, such as class registration/list with credits listed, proof of major, grade transcript, etc. After approval of online Scholarship Verification Form, the scholarship check will be paid directly to the school the recipient will be attending. The Community Foundation communicates with students via email; it is the student’s responsibility to keep their Scholarship Online Portal account updated with their current email address.

Loss of Eligibility:

Failure to register as a full-time student at an accredited technical college or 2- or 4-year university or college for the first semester of the freshman year.

Further Information:

• Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region o Website https://www.cffoxvalley.org/scholarships/ o Email scholarships@cffoxvalley.org o Phone 920.702.7629