UniFirst Announces 2017 Aldo Croatti and Ronald Croatti Scholarship Recipients
June 21 2017 - 8:07AM
UniFirst Corporation (NYSE:UNF), a leading provider of work
uniforms and facility services to businesses throughout the U.S.
and Canada, recently announced the 2017 recipients of the company’s
Aldo Croatti and Ronald D. Croatti Scholarship programs.
Both scholarship programs, founded to further expand UniFirst’s
dedication to academic and professional enrichment for its employee
Team Partners, are named for the company’s two past leaders,
founder Aldo Croatti and his son Ronald Croatti, former chairman,
CEO and president who passed away in May 2017.
Aldo Croatti founded UniFirst as a startup industrial laundry
service, in 1936, cleaning area worker coveralls out of a converted
horse barn in Boston and grew the business to about $100 million in
annual revenues. In 1991, Ronald Croatti took over as its chief
executive and, under his leadership, more than quintupled UniFirst
annual revenues to more than $1.5 billion. Today, UniFirst supplies
uniforms to nearly 2 million workers at 300,000 customer locations
and employs 13,000 Team Partners.
The Aldo Croatti Scholarship was established in 2004 to
encourage and assist children of UniFirst employee Team Partners in
their academic pursuits. Since its inception, UniFirst has granted
167 scholarships totaling more than $334,000.
The 2017
Aldo Croatti Scholarship recipients are as follows: |
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Kourtney Brown |
Clarion, Pa. |
Clarion University of
Pennsylvania |
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Kaycee Cross |
Austin, Texas |
University of Texas at
Austin |
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Elizabeth
Fairchild |
Winter Park, Fla. |
Rollins College |
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Brooke Kelly |
London, Ontario |
Fanshawe College |
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Jacob Marcus |
Worcester, Mass. |
College of the Holy
Cross |
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Victoria Moss |
Hammond, La. |
Southeastern Louisiana
University |
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Anurag Pradhan |
College Park, Md. |
University of Maryland:
College Park |
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Leslie Probus |
Murray, Ky. |
Murray State
University |
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Allyson Reiffer |
Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Kuyper College |
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Myah Raye Vickers
|
St. Petersburg,
Fla. |
St. Petersburg
College |
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Phillip Watt |
Calgary, Alberta |
University of
Calgary |
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Alyssa Zupan |
Raleigh, N.C. |
North Carolina State
University |
Each year, 12 Aldo Croatti scholarships are awarded to students
enrolled or enrolling in full-time undergraduate studies at an
accredited two- or four-year college or vocational/technical
school. Applications are open to children of full-time UniFirst or
subsidiary employee Team Partners who have a minimum of one year of
employment with the company.
“I’m extremely grateful to UniFirst for awarding me the Aldo
Croatti Scholarship,” said Jacob Marcus, one of the 2017
scholarship recipients. “I’m proud that my academic achievements
were recognized and thankful for the scholarship money, which will
go a long way toward funding my college education.”
The Ronald D. Croatti Scholarship, established in 2015, offers
financial assistance to full-time UniFirst employee Team Partners
who enroll in full- or part-time undergraduate or graduate study at
an accredited two- or four-year college or vocational/technical
school for an entire academic year. Team Partners are recommended
by their supervisors for continuing education in one of three
areas: information technology (IT), sales leadership, or business
administration/leadership.
To date, UniFirst has awarded 24 scholarships totaling more than
$91,000 since its inception.
Congratulations to the following UniFirst Team Partner
recipients: |
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Kathryn Chapman |
Wilmington, Mass. |
Supply Chain |
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Andres De La Puente
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Baton Rouge, La. |
Business |
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Robert Harvey III |
Charlotte, N.C. |
Business
Administration |
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Lynne Piper |
Wilmington, Mass. |
Business
Administration |
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Gerald Smith |
Wilmington, Mass.
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Business
Administration |
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Charles Stanec |
Wilmington, Mass. |
Business
Management |
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Shane Williams |
Wilmington, Mass. |
Business
Administration |
“These scholarship programs were named after my father and
brother, and it’s an immense honor to be able to carry on their
memories in this way,” said Cynthia Croatti, executive vice
president at UniFirst Corporation. “Aldo and Ron loved this
company, along with every one of our employee Team Partners, and
both placed a high value on education. We’re a family at UniFirst
and it’s only fitting that their legacies will benefit many
generations of our UniFirst family who place the same value on
education and expanding their academic pursuits.”
About UniFirstHeadquartered in Wilmington,
Mass., UniFirst Corporation (NYSE:UNF) is a North American leader
in the supply and servicing of uniform and workwear programs, as
well as the delivery of facility service programs. Together with
its subsidiaries, the company also provides first aid and safety
products, and manages specialized garment programs for the
cleanroom and nuclear industries. UniFirst manufactures its own
branded workwear, protective clothing, and floorcare products, and
with over 240 service locations, 300,000 customer locations, and
13,000 employee Team Partners, the company outfits nearly 2 million
workers each business day. For more information, contact UniFirst
at 800.455.7654 or visit www.unifirst.com.
Contact:
Donna Kish
PR/Communications Specialist
UniFirst Corporation
68 Jonspin Rd.
Wilmington, MA 01887
978.527.3871
Donna_Kish@unifirst.com
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