The American Pet Products Manufacturers Association (Greenwich, Conn.) awarded $1,000 Jules Schwimmer Scholarships to eight college students with family ties to APPMA member firms: Charles Almiron, Naturvet/Garmon Corp. (Temecula, Calif.); Joel Cullen, Kaytee Products Inc. (Chilton, Wis.); Benjamin Dewey, American Colloid Co. (Arlington Heights, Ill.); Kyla Kohagen, Planetwise Products Inc. (Pine Bluff, Ariz.); Minh-Bao Le, Nestlé Purina PetCare Co. (St. Louis); Erin Long, Grizzly Pet Products L.L.C. (Redmond, Wash.); Brian Timm, Kaytee Products; and Halley Vora, who is affiliated with Cat Care Co. (Laguna Hills, Calif.).

In addition, three students received piggyback scholarships from companies that administer their own scholarship programs through APPMA: Luther Carson and Jessica Lusk, Sun Seed Co. Inc. (Bowling Green, Ohio); and Jessi Smithson, the Earl F. Smith Memorial Scholarship from Midwest Homes for Pets (Muncie, Ind.).

APPMA’s scholarship program, now in its ninth year, was established to help deserving students of APPMA member firm employees. For more information, contact APPMA’s member services department at (203) 532-0000 or e-mail memberservices@appma.org.