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Local Lake Forest High School Grad Receives 2018 Ferrara USA Scholarship

Ferrara Candy Company today announced Jianna Santello, a graduate of Lake Forest High School in Lake Forest, Illinois, as a recipient of the 2018 Ferrara USA Scholarship Program. Santello received a $5,000 scholarship to attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ('19), where she is pursuing a degree in social work. Chicago-based Ferrara Candy Company awarded a combined $50,000 in scholarship funds to 10 deserving students ($5,000 each) who are children of Ferrara employees.

The Ferrara USA Scholarship Program awarded scholarships based on merit to children of full-time Ferrara Candy Company domestic employees, below VP level, who have a minimum of six months employment with the company as of the application deadline. High school seniors, graduates or current postsecondary undergraduates were eligible. Ferrara Candy Company created the program in 2017 in support of its mission to share goodness with its consumers, customers and employees and throughout the communities in which it operates.

The recipients were chosen through Scholarship America, a third-party organization that reviewed each applicant's participation in community and school activities, work experience, statement of career and educational goals and objectives, outside appraisal, an essay response and academic performance. Recipients need to be enrolled in a full-time undergraduate study at an accredited two-or-four-year college, university or vocational-technical school for the 2018-2019 academic year.

"The Ferrara USA Scholarship program demonstrates Ferrara's commitment to investing in the future success of its employees' children by providing opportunity for personal advancement that may not otherwise be available," said Mike Goldwasser, Ferrara's Chief Human Resources Officer. "With the rising cost of secondary education and the increased competition for grants and other forms of aid, we're proud to create a program that supports the decision to pursue college specifically for Ferrara employees and their families."

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