Fifty-five students benefit from Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. scholarships

Fifty-five students demonstrating community involvement and academic performance will each receive a scholarship toward their higher education through Hilmar Cheese Company’s annual scholarship program. This program helps fulfil Hilmar Cheese Company’s purpose to improve lives.

The scholarship program has four categories: children of employees of Hilmar Cheese Company, Hilmar Cheese Company Visitor Center part-time staff, children of the dairy farm families who ship milk to Hilmar Cheese Company and students with an agricultural major living in the counties where the company is located. This last category is for students not affiliated with the company; but dedicated to the agricultural industry and living in Merced or Stanislaus counties in California or Dallam or Hartley counties in Texas. This year, previous recipients of a dairy farm family child or employee child scholarship were invited to apply for a renewal scholarship. Twenty-four students received renewal scholarships.

First-time scholarship recipients include twelve children of Hilmar Cheese Company employees, four part-time visitor center employees, four children of the dairy farm families who ship their milk to Hilmar Cheese Company and eleven agricultural majors.

Renewal scholarships were awarded to twenty-four children of employees and the dairy farm families who ship their milk to Hilmar Cheese Company.

The Hilmar Cheese Company scholarship program reflects the company’s ongoing support of higher education and its commitment to employees, dairy farm families, the California and Texas agricultural industries and the communities where we operate.

Qualifying students are encouraged to apply November 1 through February 1, 2023. For more information about Hilmar Cheese Company’s scholarship program, visit the About Us section of www.hilmarcheese.com.

Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. improves lives around the world by being a leading producer of wholesome dairy products. Founded in 1984, Hilmar Cheese Company and its division, Hilmar Ingredients, serve customers in more than 50 countries. State-of-the art production facilities in California and Texas convert high-quality milk received from local independent dairy farms into a variety of nutritious cheese and whey ingredients. The company specializes in the production of cheddar and American-style cheeses utilized by private label and national brand companies worldwide. Its Hilmar Ingredients division manufactures and markets globally a wide range of whey protein and lactose products. Committed to continuous improvement, innovation and sustainability, Hilmar Cheese Company strives to make products that benefit all involved from our customers to our suppliers to our employees and communities. Together, we deliver the promise of dairy.