|
Spirit of Texas Award
AWARDED TO:
 Bob Davis, retired VP of Sales for Conwood Company, LLC
TGCA created the “Spirit of Texas” award to honor persons who have provided outstanding leadership and service to their community and industry and have set examples of others to emulate.
Retailer, Wholesaler, and Supplier of the Year Awards
AWARDED TO:
Retailer of the Year: Robert Cinek, Lone Oak Grocery & Market
Wholesaler of the Year: Thomas Hartman, McLane Southwest
Supplier of the Year: Oak Farms Dairy
The Retailer, Wholesaler, and Supplier of the Year Awards are the highest honor TGCA can bestow on retailer, wholesaler, and supplier members. The awards are presented annually to individuals whom, through their personal efforts and selflessness, stand out as leaders among peers in the grocery industry. Attendance at the Awards Breakfast is preferred, but not required. Expo & Convention registration will be mailed and on-line mid-May.
All TGCA members are invited to nominate their personal choices by submitting the Nomination Form. Please read the eligibility requirements and provide for each nomination the complete name, company affiliation, and address of the person(s) you wish to nominate and explain why you believe this nominee should be considered.
Quarter & Half Century Club Awards
QUARTER CENTURY AWARDED TO:
Borden Milk Products - Aubrey Drzymala
Conwood Company, LLC - Bob Davis
Grocery Supply Company - Jerry Donaho, Phillip Edwards, Richard Finnie,
Karmon Fralin, Jimmy Green, Verlie Hall, Linda Jackson, Lisa McCaig,
Eliana McQueen, Mary Morgan, Barbara Moore, & Lac Van Nguyen
McLane Southwest - Ron Arnold, Ron Clark, Thomas Hartman, Bassam Idais,
Billy Paulson, Denice Riley, Richards Ybarra
Owens Food, Inc. - Ken Hendrix
Tantus Tobacco - Eddie Venable
The C.D. Hartnett Company - Jeane Anne Bolton, Diane DeSteiguer, Joan
Durant, Billy Ellis, Orrin Hoffman, Mark House, Clydean Kay Hull, Karen
Kuykendall, James Windle
The Quarter and Half Century Clubs honors those individuals who have been employed in the grocery and/or allied industries for 25-49 years for the Quarter Century Club and 50 years or more for the for the Half Club Century, and have spent their career with one company or many, worked for a wholesaler, retailer, manufacturer or broker, etc., or a combination of them and may have one type of job or a variety. The nominees are being honored for their aggregate years of service in the industry. Nominees will be inducted, and will receive their membership plaque at TGCA’s Awards Breakfast. Attendance at the is preferred, but not required. Expo & Convention registration will be mailed and on-line mid-May.
W.A. McCarty Scholarship/TGCA Education Foundation Scholarship
AWARDED TO:
Retailer Scholarship - Shane Garrett
Father owns Casstevens Cash & Carry in Lillian, Texas
Wholesaler Scholarship - Landon McCaig
Mother works for Grocery Supply Co.
Each year TGCA Education Foundation will award (2) $1,000 Scholarships through its
W.A. McCarty, Sr., Memorial Scholarship Fund to a son or daughter of a Retailer Member and Wholesaler Member of TGCA, which provides college scholarships and support to other such educational endeavors, authorized by the Board of Trustees.
Requirements for both Retail & Wholesale applicants must:
Be a son or daughter of an employee of a wholesale member of TGCA
Be a full time student, or have been accepted as a full-time student, of an
accredited college or university.
Submit a personally written 500-2,00 word essay on the subject: My Plan for a
Future Career
Submit a High School or College Transcript along with your SAT or ACT scores.
Complete the TGCA Scholarship Application and attach a copy of your High
School Transcript along with a copy of your SAT and/or ACT test results and the
required essay.
Scholarships presented at the TGCA’s Awards Breakfast. Recipients are invited to attend, but not required. Registration will be mailed and on-line mid-May. |
