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Tractor Supply Raises Over $1 Million to Fund FFA Future Leaders Scholarships
Scholarships awarded to FFA students pursuing skilled trades and agriculture-related majors; this year’s scholarships supported 146 students across the
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nScholarships awarded to FFA students pursuing skilled trades and agriculture-related majors; this year’s scholarships supported 146 students across the country\n\n\n BRENTWOOD, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nTractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: TSCO), the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, announced today that it has raised more than $1 million in support of the Tractor Supply FFA Future Leaders Scholarship. Scholarships are awarded to FFA students pursuing studies in the skilled trades and agriculture-related majors. The scholarship, the largest of its kind, is funded by a five-year, $5 million commitment from the Tractor Supply Foundation.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231130787366/en/Tractor Supply CEO Hal Lawton, center, welcomes students attending the National FFA Convention at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, in November. This is the second year the company raised more than $1 million to support the Tractor Supply FFA Future Leaders Scholarship, which awards grants to FFA students pursuing studies in the skilled trades and agriculture-related majors. (Photo: Business Wire)\n“We are so proud to support young men and women who are passionate about Life Out Here through our FFA Future Leaders Scholarship,” said Marti Skold-Jordan, manager of the Tractor Supply Foundation and National FFA Foundation Sponsors’ Board member. “Our inaugural class of scholars is an exceptional group of students and it has been an honor to get to know them. Through the generosity of our customers, we will support even more students in our second year, and we can’t wait to see what they accomplish.”\n\n\nThe inaugural FFA Future Leaders Scholarship fundraising drive, held in 2022, raised more than $1 million and generated scholarships for 146 FFA students whose studies range from welding and electrical engineering to agricultural business, animal science and beyond. Students attending trade schools and two-year colleges to pursue a skilled trade or agriculture-related field are eligible to receive a $5,000 scholarship. Students pursuing agriculture-related four-year majors are eligible to receive a $10,000 scholarship. Past recipients include:\n\n\n\nIsabella Arias, who attends Northwest Missouri State University and is studying agric...