33 Employees From Alexandria Area Wegmans Awarded Scholarships

ALEXANDRIA, VA — As students completing higher education to advance their careers options face increasing costs, tuition assistance from employers can be a benefit employees look for.

Around 1,500 Wegmans employees from across the country were awarded scholarships as part of the company's Employee Scholarship Program. To celebrate the occasion, all Wegmans stores will be serving mini cupcakes on Saturday, at 11 a.m.

Twenty-three employees from the Kingstowne Wegmans store at the Hilltop Village Center and 10 from the Alexandria store at Carlyle Crossing, were among this year's scholarship winners.

The grocery store chain originally founded in Rochester, New York, is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its Employee Scholarship Program. During those 40 years, the company has awarded $145 million in scholarships to more than 46,500 Wegmans employees.

Kingstowne store winners were: Cindy A., Justin A., Jamilla B., Lily D., Nic D., Amy G., Melody G., Ashton H., Christina H., Ross H., Abdul K., Jonnie M., Kadijah M., Kiki M., Stephanie M., Alicia P., Demere S., Elita S., Leah S., Elodia T., Elsa T., Brianna W., and Heran W.

Alexandria/Carlyle store winners were: Hiba A., Mohamed A., Alexia H., Summer M., Jamaal O., Liliana P., Manson R., Henri S., Andy T., and Natalie V.

Part-time Wegmans employees are eligible to receive up to $8,000 in scholarship money over four years. Full-time employees can receive up to $16,000 over for four years.

In order to be eligible to receive a scholarship, an employee needs to meet work-performance criteria and work a minimum number of hours over a specified time period.

During the 2024-2025 academic year, Wegmans expects to provide more than $6.5 million in tuition assistance to new and returning scholarship recipients.

A full list of the Wegmans employees who were chosen as 2024 Scholarship Winners can be found online.

Patch editor Michael O'Connell contributed to this report.