The IAPD Charitable Scholarship Foundation was established to develop and administer an award program at the undergraduate level for the children of employees of IAPD member companies and for students pursuing study in polymer sciences and/or industrial distribution. IAPD has awarded more than $340,000 in scholarships to students who demonstrate academic achievement, financial need and community service. To date, more than 250 students have benefited from this worthwhile program. Money for these scholarships is generated by donations from IAPD member companies and individuals in the plastics industry, as well as donations from IAPD and its for-profit subsidiary. The foundation also hosts several fund-raising events such as golf tournaments and a silent auction.

The intent of the IAPD Scholarship Program is to:

• Provide meaningful financial support for the education of worthy scholarship candidates.
• Benefit the plastics distribution industry through better educated people.
• Expose scholarship candidates to the ever-expanding plastics industry.
• Strengthen IAPD through a direct link to education today.

Guidelines:

Application postmark deadline: February 1 – Click HERE to Apply

Eligible students must either be seniors in high school or enrolled in an accredited college or university as full-time students. Students must have a minimum of a 2.5 cumulative grade point average, based on a 4.0 scale, in order to be eligible. Students must be employees or the children of employees of IAPD member companies, or students majoring in polymer sciences or industrial distribution.

The Scholarship Committee makes its selection with the following criteria in mind: scholarship, school and community service, need and major course of study

The IAPD Charitable Scholarship Foundation does not discriminate against individuals based on race, color, creed, sex or national origin.

Supporters

IAPD would like to thank the following companies for their support of the IAPD Charitable Scholarship Foundation during 2005.

SCHOLARSHIP DONOR CLUB MEMBER —

$1,000 or more

Alcan Composites USA Inc. • St. Louis, MO, USA Altuglas International • Philadelphia, PA, USA Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Company • Charlotte, NC, USA Cope Plastics, Inc. • Godfrey, IL, USA

CYRO Industries • Rockaway, NJ, USA Ewing • Phoenix, AZ, USA Laird Plastics • West Palm Beach, FL, USA Poly Hi Solidur, Inc. • Fort Wayne, IN, USA Sheffield Plastics Inc., A Bayer MaterialScience Company •

Sheffield, MA, USA

DIAMOND — $500 to $999

A&C Plastics, Inc. • Houston, TX, USA Hayward Industrial Products, Inc. • Clemmons, NC, USA Indelco Plastics Corporation • Minneapolis, MN, USA IPS Corporation • Compton, CA, USA Piedmont Plastics, Inc. • Charlotte, NC, USA Plaskolite, Incorporated • Columbus, OH, USA Port Plastics, Inc. • City of Industry, CA, USA Primex Plastics Corporation • Richmond, IN, USA Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products • Reading, PA, USA Ryan Herco Products Corporation • Burbank, CA, USA Total Plastics, Inc. • Kalamazoo, MI, USA

EMERALD — $300 to $499 (No companies contributed in this category in 2005.)

RUBY — $100 to $299

Artek, Inc. • Fort Wayne, IN, USA Atlas Fibre Company • Skokie, IL, USA Badger Plastic & Supply, Inc. • Plover, WI, USA E. Jordan Brookes Company, Inc. • Santa Fe Springs, CA, USA C.R. Clarke & Company, Inc. • Celebration, FL, USA Ex-Cel Manufacturing, Inc. • Columbus, OH, USA Futurplast Extrusions Registered • St. Laurent, PQ, Canada G S Sales • Fishers, IN, USA GAPI USA • Clayton, OH, USA C. J. Garvey Company • Richardson, TX, USA Harker & Associates, Inc. • San Jose, CA, USA Harkness Industries, Inc. • Cheshire, CT, USA Harvel Plastics, Inc. • Easton, PA, USA Hillcor Distribution, Inc. • Baldwin Park, CA, USA Hudson Extrusions, Inc. • Hudson, OH, USA

Industrial Supplier Larey, Inc. • Brownsville, TX, USA International Plastics Inc. • Poulsbo, WA, USA KBA, Inc. • Alpharetta, GA, USA Laramy Products, LLC • Lyndonville, VT, USA Lehigh Valley Plastics, Inc. • Allentown, PA, USA Meyer Plastics, Inc. • Indianapolis, IN, USA

Midland Plastics, Inc. • New Berlin, WI, USA Midwest Plastics, Inc. • Omaha, NE, USA Modern Plastics • Bridgeport, CT, USA National Plastics & Seals, Inc. • Lake Zurich, IL, USA Nytef Plastics, Ltd. • Bensalem, PA, USA

Pace Sales & Marketing, Inc. • Long Valley, NJ, USA Petro Packaging Co., Inc. • Cranford, NJ, USA Plast-O-Matic Valves, Inc. • Cedar Grove, NJ, USA Plastic Solutions, Inc. • Newtown, PA, USA

Plastics Northwest • Seattle, WA, USA Plastifab/Leed Plastics • La Verne, CA, USA Precision Punch & Plastics Company • Minnetonka, MN, USA RDB Marketing Associates, Inc. • Camarillo, CA, USA Redwood Plastics Corporation • Langley, BC, Canada Regal – Piedmont • Englewood, CO, USA Regional Supply, Inc. • Salt Lake City, UT, USA Robeco, Inc. • New York, NY, USA Röchling Engineered Plastics • Gastonia, NC, USA Schilgen Sales Associates • Chester Springs, PA, USA Seelye, Inc. • Ocoee, FL, USA Seelye Plastics, Inc. • Minneapolis, MN, USA Simona America Inc. • Mountaintop, PA, USA Sustaplast L.P. • Exton, PA, USA Symplastics, Inc. • St. Peters, MO, USA ThreeFour Solutions, LLC • Sammamish, WA, USA Warehoused Plastic Sales, Inc. • Scarborough, ON, Canada Wegener North America, Inc. • Burr Ridge, IL, USA West Coast Plastic Sales • Federal Way, WA, USA

SAPPHIRE — $25 to $99

Advanced Plastics, Inc. • Owasso, OK, USA The Brillianize Company – Kleenmaster Products • Benicia, CA, USA Friddle’s Orthopedic Appliances, Inc. • Honea Path, SC, USA Tom Gehret, Norcen Industries Inc. • Jersey Shore, PA, USA Laminated Plastics Company • Billerica, MA, USA Pena-Plas Company • Jessup, PA, USA

Is your company’s name missing from this list? Donate today.

The association also wishes to thank the many companies who contribute as sponsors of annual IAPD Charitable Scholarship Foundation Tournaments and annual convention and conference events. These companies are listed appropriately in The IAPD Magazine and online at www.iapdfoundation.org.