Education Is Our Future
Culver’s commitment to people begins at home. We hire the best team members and
teach them responsibility, leadership, teamwork and skills they can use in
whatever career path they follow. To show our appreciation for their hard work
and dedication, we have always believed in doing our part to help them grow as
individuals through education.
One great way to show we care about the future of our team members is by offering
scholarships through Culver’s VIP Foundation, Inc.,—a tax-exempt, not-for-profit
entity named for Culver’s Very Important Partners (VIP). Through the generosity
of these franchise partners, supplier partners and friends of Culver’s—and the
passion of Culver’s co-founder and VIP Foundation Scholarship Fund Executive
Director, Lea Culver—we have been able to help team members take positive steps
toward tomorrow for nearly twenty years.
Culver’s VIP Scholarship Program began with a single $500 scholarship to one team
member in 1993. It has since grown to recognize hundreds of team members’
commitment to excellence and academic achievement, supporting them financially
as they work toward dreams of earning college or technical school degrees. In
2011, we awarded over $275,000 in scholarships to 246 team members from 157
restaurants in 16 states.
Going forward, we will continue to grow Culver’s VIP Foundation, Inc., with an
endowment that ensures these dreams of reaching educational goals live on.
2011 Culver's VIP Scholarship Review Team
We graciously thank the following partners for their dedication to higher
education and the time they spent evaluating applications.
Darryl Apger Freshway Foods
Deb Baker Dopaco
Todd Burns University of Wisconsin–Stout
Mike Chrisler Envestnet Asset Management
Tim Craft We Energies
Dave Deadman Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream Co.
Jill Dybdahl Dybdahl Classic Kitchens
Donna Faulkner Wisconsin 4-H Foundation, Inc.
Dave Florin Hiebing
Nancy Francisco-Welke University of Wisconsin Foundation
Jim Fuller Econoprint
Ted Galloway Classic Mix Partners
Ron Green Ecolab
Jack Hart Madison College
Mike Hasler Gordon Food Service
Nicole Hoffmann American Red Cross Badger Chapter
Jeff Igel Fox Valley Technical College
Jeff Jobe Valley Meats
David Jordan
Lisa King Nordic Group, Inc.
Walter Kirchhoff Specialized Marketing of Wisconsin
George Lochhead Lochhead Manufacturing Company
Patrice Luer Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital Foundation
Brent Magolan Mascari Sales & Marketing
Roxi Maier Bank of Prairie du Sac
Marty Masterson The Masterson Company
Jerry Meador Golden County Foods, Inc.
Bryan Mowry Wisconsin Restaurant Association-Education Foundation
Jeff Ochsankehl Sauk Prairie High School
Mike Pardini VF Corporation
Mike Petraitis Kerry Ingredients and Flavours
Katy Pettersen WMC Foundation
Todd Pieper American Family Insurance
Marietta Reuter Tools of Marketing, Inc.
James Sommer
John Thomack Rockline Industries Inc.
Tricia Weisheipl Madison College Foundation
Ann Westrich Wisconsin Technical College System
Mark Wright Fieldale Farms