IAA Foundation awards Driving Agriculture Forward Scholarships
Four more individuals can count on support for truck driver training classes through the Driving Agriculture Forward Scholarships administered by the IAA Foundation and funded by Illinois Farm Bureau. In 2023, each scholarship is generously being doubled thanks to support from the Illinois Soybean Association.
In total, the IAA Foundation will award $40,000 this year to offset the cost of commercial truck driver training and to help ensure more well-trained, safe drivers are available.
The third group of recipients being awarded a $2,000 scholarship each includes Boden Flowers of Greene County, Emit Jansen of Clinton County, Brandon Roth of Macoupin County, and Trey Scheidegger of Lee County.
Applications are available year-round with consideration deadlines occurring quarterly. The next application deadline is December 31, which correlates to drivers who intend to enroll in a commercial driver training program at an Illinois community college between January 1 and March 31, 2024.
Full eligibility guidelines and the link to apply is available on the Foundation website, www.iaafoundation.org.
For more information, contact your County Farm Bureau, the IAA Foundation at 309-557-2232, or e-mail Jennifer Smith at jsmith@ilfb.org
