Forty-Two Year Old Program Salutes Employees who Balance Work and Studies
MELROSE PARK, Ill., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Jewel-Osco announced today the
62 winners of the annual Jewel-Osco scholarships. Now in its 42nd consecutive
year, the joint Jewel and Osco program will award nearly $60,000 in
scholarships this year.
Through the program, Jewel-Osco awards $500 or $1,000 scholarships to
recipients pursuing higher educational degrees. Osco Drug also awards two
additional $5,000 scholarships to pharmacy students.
Recipients were nominated by their Jewel-Osco managers for extraordinary
job performance, community involvement, academic achievement, school
involvement and leadership. A four-person scholarship committee made up of
local academics and Jewel-Osco executives chose the winners.
In 1970, current Jewel-Osco President Greg Josefowicz received a Jewel
scholarship for his academic achievement, community involvement and
leadership.
"Jewel-Osco is proud to honor 62 of our most talented and promising
working students," Josefowicz said. "I hope one day these students will
follow in my footsteps as leaders of the Jewel-Osco team."
$1,000 Jewel scholarship winners:
Chris Baker, Franklin Park Karen Klingenberg, Niles
Jenny Behr, McHenry Danny Martinez, Wheaton
Ryan Blocker, West Dundee Jessica Matschull, Greenfield,
Wis.
Thao Bui, Chicago Luis Narvaez, Stickney
Candy Curran, McHenry Dineisha Norman, Waukegan
Bryan Cygan, Schaumburg Ashley Pedersen, Hoffman Estates
Lisa Dalrymple, Waukegan Kevin Plesic, Bolingbrook
Johara El-Harazin, Addison Monica Potaczek, Chicago
Kelly Hallman, Bartlett Katie Smock, Crown Point, Ind.
Suzanne Hayes, Chicago Heights Sarah Staples, Milwaukee, Wis.
Jaclyn Howard, Homewood Andrew Wrona, Darien
$500 Jewel scholarship winners:
Matt Bonner, Des Plaines Sharon Kent, Bourbonnais
Karen Britton, Downers Grove LeeAnn Maddox, Aurora
Maureen Carey, Palos Heights Sandy Majkowski, Palos Heights
Joe Cepress, Kenosha, Wis. Debra Malinowski, Chicago
Aurora Hernandez, Carpentersville Christine Mayer, Schaumburg
Lisa Horn, Orland Park Shane Rivette, Algonquin
Tonette Ingram, Batavia Aprille Shelley, Homewood
Vanessa Kaepplinger, Crystal Lake
$5,000 Osco pharmacy winners:
Thu Cao, Evanston
Noel Magsino, Morton Grove
$1,000 Osco scholarship winners:
Kelly Boyes, Chicago Ryan McCann, Lisle
Dan Burt, Fox Lake James Miller, Worth
Katherine Ford, Pewaukee, Wis. Jennifer O'Brien, Waukegan
Mary Johnston, Plainfield Rony Palafox, Mt. Prospect
Kurt Larson, Bartlett Margaret Strozak, New Lenox
Irvin Lucas, Carol Stream Natalie Studwell, Des Plaines
$500 Osco scholarship winners:
Rachel Grant, Chesterton, Ind. Mylene Mayes, St. Charles
Jim Gresham, Niles Julia Mistele, Evanston
Justin Helminski, Elgin Nichole Peterson, Chicago
Don Johnson, Naperville Kelly Stopka, Schaumburg
Susan Klett, Chicago Kimberlee Voebel, Westmont
One special $1,000 Jewel/Lee Williams scholarships was presented to Paul
Jones of Chicago. Lee Williams, a former Jewel employee and Lane Technical
High School graduate, established the scholarship as a way to acknowledge the
impact his education and his years working at Jewel had on his life.
Recipients of this award attend Lane Tech in addition to being Jewel part-time
associates.
The scholarship fund is one of 10 education and mentoring programs
annually sponsored by Jewel-Osco to provide financial assistance and jobs to
Chicago-area students. Jewel-Osco has invested nearly $2 million in hundreds
of working students during the 1998-99 school year.
During its one hundred-year history, Jewel-Osco has been noted for its
philanthropic spirit. Every year, the company supports a wide variety of
charitable organizations with the focus on education, food & nutrition and
health. In addition, Jewel-Osco associates continue to contribute generously
to support the United Way and the communities they serve. In all, over
$2 million is contributed toward these efforts. It's all part of Jewel-Osco's
ongoing commitment to the community through charitable contribution and
various community outreach programs.
Jewel-Osco is the only Midwest company to operate both combination food
and drug stores and freestanding drug stores. Of the company's 270 locations,
190 are combination Jewel-Osco stores and 80 are freestanding Osco Drug
stores. The company is a division of American Stores Company, of Salt Lake
City, Utah, which operates 1,580 food and drug stores in 26 states.
SOURCE Jewel-Osco
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