Walls recipient of Ford FFA scholarship

StateWide Ford Lincoln information

Kayla Walls, an FFA member of the Parkway High School-FFA, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship by Statewide Ford Lincoln through the National FFA Scholarship program.

The Built Ford Tough FFA Scholarship Program is designed to recognize FFA member’s talents and accomplishments while encouraging their future academic achievements.  The scholarship is one of 530 scholarships awarded by Ford division, Ford Motor Company Fund and Ford Dealers to FFA members who are high school seniors planning to attend college in the fall of 2015, or current collegiate students.  This program is a part of Ford’s overall commitment to the National FFA Organization.

Ford has supported the National FFA Foundation since the first F-Series truck was introduced in 1948, and has sponsored the Built Ford Tough collegiate scholarship program since 1997.  To date, the program has awarded $8,145,000 in scholarships to 8184 FFA members throughout the country.  Ford knows the value of hard work and believes that hard work should be rewarded.

StateWide has been involved in the Scholarship program for nine years and has awarded fifteen scholarships locally to students from Van Wert, Parkway, Crestview, Delphos Jefferson, Delphos St Johns, Lincolnview and Wayne Trace High Schools. Educating aspiring young people to become the leaders of tomorrow is just another way of ensuring a successful future.