Mid-West Fastener Association CELEBRATING 75 YEARS COMMITMENT TO THE FASTENER INDUSTRY WINTER 2021
MWFA AWARDS $43,500 IN SCHOLARSHIPS MWFA celebrated this year’s scholarship recipients on November 5th by a virtual meeting. As of this year, the MWFA reached $812,000 in cumulative scholarship dollars awarded since the beginning of this program. This consists of 586 scholarships (ranging from $500 to $6,000) awarded to 134 member companies. The MWFA Scholarship Program began in 1985 with the intent of being a test program. The Board of Directors thought they’d create a scholarship application, send it to all the member companies and see if any applications came back. Originally there were 8 applications returned. The association awarded a few scholarships and decided to try the program again the next year. The Scholarship Program quickly caught on and more and more applications were coming in, member companies became supportive of the program, and it has continued ever since. We are very grateful to all our scholarship donors and especially those who chose to donate a separate scholarship. Those donations allow us to award some larger scholarships. This year we are fortunate to have seven larger awards. MWFA would like to congratulation all of this year’s Scholarship Winners. $4,000 XL SCREW CORPORATION SCHOLARSHIP We would like to extend a special thank you to XL Screw Corporation for donating a scholarship for the 22nd year. We are
very fortunate to have given out $58,500 in the name of XL Screw Corporation. The original idea of a scholarship program came out of XL Screw and has had amazing growth. Many students have benefited from this program since its inception. We appreciate XL Screw’s continue support of this great program. This scholarship was awarded to Madison Scariano, daughter of Tracy Scariano (Tracy was also a former scholarship recipient) of Inland Fastener. Madison participated in several groups in High School and continues to do the same in college. Madison attends Indiana University majoring in Marketing and minoring in Media and Creative Advertising. She hopes to obtain a marketing position in a non-profit charity organization. $4,000 RICHARD S. PISKOTY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (Donated by Clarcorp Industrial Sales) Richard Piskoty’s life led him in many directions and every path he took he made an impact on many people, from the kids he taught and coached to the salespeople that worked for him. It is because of his devotion to his family, dedication to his career, and desire to pass on and give back to others that this scholarship is dedicated.
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