CLEVELAND, October 14 — Two BLET families are winners of $1,000 scholarships in the James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund 2015 Essay Contest.
The winners are: Jennifer Anderson, daughter of Brother Mark D. Anderson, BLET Division 333 (St. Paul, Minn.); and Gaelyn Carfield, son of Timothy A. Green, BLET Division 769 (Sanford, Fla.).
A Union Pacific locomotive engineer, Brother Anderson is Legislative Representative of Division 333 and Alternate Secretary-Treasurer of the Minnesota State Legislative Board. Brother Green is a CSX locomotive engineer.
There were a total of 150 winners nationwide in the 2015 Essay Contest competition, with scholarships valued at $1,000 each. The topic of this year’s essay contest was: “What impact would an increase in union membership have on the U.S. economy and the middle class?”
Overall, BLET families won 10 Teamster scholarships for the 2015-2016 academic year totaling $28,000 in awards. In addition to the two $1,000 Essay Contest winners, eight BLET families won scholarships from the James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund earlier this year — six $1,000 winners at two $10,000 winners.
The James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund awarded $1 million scholarships to outstanding high school seniors in 2015. Applications for 2016-2017 scholarships will be available at the end of November, and the deadline for next year’s program is March 31, 2016. For more information, please visit the Teamsters website or contact: (202) 624-8735 or scholarship@teamster.org.