Scholarships

Local 1500 Members are eligible to apply for the following scholarships.

• 1. The Local 1500 Scholarship: Deadline to request application is December 31, 2023.
• The UFCW Local 1500 annually awards scholarships to members and their dependents.
• Click here to request an Application. For further information on the UFCW 1500 Scholarship Program please contact 1-800-522-0456 ext: 1310.

2. The UFCW International Scholarship: Deadline May 13th 2024

• Apply here: https://scholarship.ufcw.org 
• Get more information here: http://www.ufcwcharityfoundation.org/ 

 3. Union Plus Scholarships:

• The 2020 Union Plus Scholarship is available to UFCW members and their children.

• The Union Plus scholarships support our overall mission to help support union members and union leader higher education goals.
• Over the past 22 years, union members and their children have received over 3.6 million Union Plus scholarship dollars.
• Head to this link for more information.

Congratulations To Our 2025 Local 1500 Scholarship Winners!

High School Recipients

$8,000 Winners

1. Arthur Wolfson Memorial Scholarship: Kailash Thayavally Dependent of Rakhi Salil, Stop & Shop #559
2. Patrick Gleeson Memorial Scholarship: Nicholas Augello Stop & Shop #2588
3. Frank Meehan Memorial Scholarship: Keifer Stroff Wild By Nature #201
4. Eugen Kennedy Memorial Scholarship: Isabella Caamano, Dependent of Maribel Gonzalez, ShopRite #276

$4,000 Winners

1. Bernadette Warren Memorial Scholarship: Kailey Siegmund Dependent of Jill McArdle-Siegmund, Stop & Shop #501
2. Jean Belmont Memorial Scholarship: Shea Smith King Kullen #1
3. Dan Russo Memorial Scholarship: Ray Rivera Depedent of Freddie Rivera, Key Food #15
4. Pat O’Flaherty Memorial Scholarship: Jacqueline Aguilar Dependent of Zulema Aguilar, Stop & Shop #2515

$2,000 Winners

1. Mary Jane Siconolfi Memorial Scholarship: Adrianna DiVincenzo Dependent of Mary & Michael DiVencenzo, Stop & Shop #2515
2. Brandon Vilchis, Dependent Sonia Huerta, Food Bazaar #75
3. John Cunningham Dependent of Thomas Cunningham, ing Kullen #1
4. Bradley Muddies Dependent of Irkan Muddies, VSM ShopRite #190
5. Keyly Virola Dependent of Juan Virola, Gristedes #900

College Recipients

$2,000 Winners

1. Deshanna Isaacs Stop & Shop #563
2. Brooke Miller ShopRite #293
3. Ivan Oriekhov King Kullen #16
4. Jordan Skulking Stop & Shop #593
5. Marilyn Cifuentes González Gourmet Glatt #668
6. Antonio Colace King Kullen #7
7. Mario Colace King Kullen #7
8. Jessica Mena Food Bazaar #78
9. Fiona Stuart UFCW Local 1500
10. Brendan Canberg King Kullen #3
11. Isaura Aquino Stop & Shop #2592
12. Yennys M Fernandez Noguera Stop & Shop #532