<p><strong>Wenatchee, WA</strong><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Stemilt Growers has made a generous contribution to the Washington Apple Education Foundation. The company presented the charity with a check for $12,000. Funds for the contribution came from the proceeds from the 4th Annual Thomas K. Mathison Memorial Golf Tournament, held on May 17th in Wenatchee, Washington.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Jay Fulbright, Vice President of Operations at Stemilt, noted that a record 36 teams turned out for the golf tournament to raise funds for the scholarship named after Stemilt’s late founder and tree fruit industry icon, Tom Mathison. Mr. Fulbright states, "Tom valued education and was always a strong supporter of local schools. The annual golf tournament is a way for us to carry on his passion for education by raising funds that benefit local students as they pursue a college degree.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> An estimated 419 students throughout eastern Washington applied for 187 scholarships, totaling $475,000 in 2012. WAEF awarded 139 of those students with scholarships to use toward the college of their choice. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.stemilt.com/StemiltHome/index_cherries.cfm" target="_new"> Stemilt Growers </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
