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From Home Furnishing Business
April 3, 2025 by Karen Parrish in Business Strategy, Industry 
The Solution Partners division of the American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) yesterday announced recipients of $35,000 in education scholarships. Winners – all children of home furnishings industry workers – were identified during a live online event.
The Solution Partners Scholarship Program is supported by an annual golf tournament first held in 1990. The first four scholarships were awarded in 2000. Since then, 165 students have received financial assistance from AHFA to help them attend a university, community college or technical school.
This year the Solution Partners Scholarship Fund awarded 12 scholarships for the 2025-26 academic year. Six were based on academic merit and financial need, and six were based on academic merit alone. All applicants must be students who have a parent working full-time at an AHFA member company.
This year’s recipients of $2,500 scholarships include Melany Brown, daughter of Sierra Brown, an employee of HM Richards; Taylor Cotie, daughter of Tina Hinshaw, Legacy Classic Furniture; Addison Cox, daughter of Zachary Cox, Leggett & Platt; Lucas Gross, son of Angel Gross, Century Furniture; and Kayli Jenkins, daughter of Marlon Jenkins, Carpenter Company.
Also Rachel Knudsen, daughter of Janice Knudsen, Ashley Furniture Industries; Charlotte Lowery, daughter of Joesph Lowery, Carpenter Company; Kathryn Quiram, daughter of Daniel Quiram, Carpenter Company; Natalie Schroeder, daughter of Peter Schroeder, Hickory Springs Manufacturing; and Addison Wood, daughter of Debra Spears, Carpenter Company.
Two applicants received perfect scores on their applications and were awarded $5,000 scholarships. Karen Minton, daughter of Rebecca Minton, Bluewater Logistics Group, received a $5,000 AHFA scholarship, and Britney Zulueta, daughter of Angel Zulueta, Huntington House, received the $5,000 Bill Hauck Memorial Scholarship funded by Deliveright Logistics.
The 2025 Solution Partners Education Golf Tournament is slated for September 24 at Lake Hickory Country Club’s Catawba Springs Course in Hickory, North Carolina. All proceeds from the annual tournament go to the Solution Partners Education Fund. Team registration and sponsorships are available. Use the link above or contact Gene Clark for more information.
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