Dot Foods announced the winners of its annual scholarship program. The Dot Scholarship Program is only available to children of current Dot Foods or Dot Transportation, Inc. (DTI) employees. The recipients are eligible to receive up to a $1,000 scholarship each academic year. One of the four recipients is a local resident.
Sam Plank, son of Park and Kim Plank, is a resident of Wildwood, Missouri. Sam is graduating from Eureka High School and plans to major in business at the University of Kansas. His father, Park, is a senior business development manager at Dot Foods in Chesterfield, Missouri.
The Dot Scholarship Program was put in place several years ago to provide monetary support to students pursuing education beyond high school. "At Dot, we value on-going education and make it a priority to reward academic accomplishments," said Joe Tracy, President of Dot Foods. "We look at it as an opportunity to help educate the future leaders of tomorrow and give back to the communities we serve."
Sam, and the three other recipients - Tanner Sorrill, Ashley Hibbert and Stephen Kinney, were chosen out of 19 applicants. Every spring up to two scholarships are awarded from Illinois (Joliet & Mt. Sterling) and up to two scholarships are awarded from other Dot facilities around the country.
The Dot Scholarship application process is open to students in their senior year of high school who are children of current Dot/DTI employees. These are renewable scholarships, but students must maintain a minimum GPA, full-time student status, and other requirements to remain eligible for renewal. The scholarship award is $1,000 per academic year ($500 per semester; up to $2,000 total for a 2-year college program; up to a $4,000 for a 4-year college/undergraduate degree.)
Dot Foods and Dot Transportation continue to experience exceptional growth and are hiring in record numbers. Both companies are looking to fill several positions for full and part-time drivers and warehouse personnel in all eight locations. To learn more about careers at Dot Foods, visit careers.dotfoods.com and follow @DotFoodsCareers on Twitter.