Mid-West Fastener Association CELEBRATING 76 YEARS COMMITMENT TO THE FASTENER INDUSTRY WINTER 2022
MWFA AWARDS $42,500 IN SCHOLARSHIPS The MWFA held their annual Scholarship awards on November 4th. Ryan Sweeney, former Major League Baseball outfielder joined the group to address the attendees especially students sharing his experiences leading to his profession. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, and Boston Red Sox. 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. Awarding scholarships and helping to further education has always been very important to the MWFA. We thank Glen Brin of Innovative Components, Wayne Wishnew of XL Screw, Matt Delawder of SWD & Jake Davis of BTM Mfg. for taking the time to serve on this committee. We appreciate their dedication in reviewing the applications! To date the MWFA has awarded $854,500 in scholarships. In addition to the MWFA fund raising efforts, we thank companies and families donating scholarships making it possible to award larger scholarships to several applicants. MWFA would like to congratulation all of this year’s Scholarship Winners.
$4,500 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. This scholarship was awarded to Elias Hyatt, son of Caroline Hyatt of EFC Int’l. Elias is a freshman at Missouri University of Science & Technology. He is planning to obtain a master’s degree in Physics as well as some form of music. While he is unsure of his future career he hopes to find something that is engaging and allows him to discover more about the world in interesting ways. $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 23rd year. We are very fortunate to have given out $62,500 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. »»
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