Strawberry Jam

Jam 28 Award Banquet

Production Award Winners

First Flat Award

Ferris Farms/ Dudley Calfee

Scholarships @ $750.00 each

• Ali Boggs is attending Florida Institute of Technology
• Derek Harvey is attending The University of Tampa
• Somer Harvey is attending The University of Tampa
• Kelsey Hull attends Hillsborough Community College
• Kati Maxwell is transferring to Keiser University
• Courtney Newsome is attending Hillsborough Community College and planning to transfer to University of Florida
• Bryant Tindle is attending Hillsborough Community College with a goal to attend the University of Florida
• Megan Young is attending Hillsborough Community College and hoping to transfer to the University of Florida

Ambassador Scholarships @$1,000.00 each

We are in our tenth year of the Strawberry Ambasador program. Again this year we honor four outstanding students who will represent the Association for the upcoming season.

• Calli Jo Parker attends Plant City High School
• Chrissy Grimmer attends Plant City High School
• Brittany Coleman attends Durant High School
• Larren Schelb attends Strawberry Crest High School

Memorial Scholarships @$1,000.00 each

Seven very special people that have touched our lives we honor there memories through these scholarships.

• The Osburn Griffin Memorial Scholarship - Tiffany Dale, she is a senior at the University of Florida
• Steve Dukes Memorial Scholarship - DeAnna DeShong, currently attending HCC, then transferring to the University of Florida
• Brenda St.Martin Memorial Scholarship - Garrett Roberts is attending Durant High School plan to attend HCC and the University of Florida
• Marty Sewell Memorial Scholarship - Marshal Sewell will attend the University of Florida in January 2011
• Eddie Jones and Trenda Gude Memorial Scholarship - Hannah Cendening attends HCC
• Rodney Hutto Memorial Scholarship - Seth Poppell he is a senior at Durant High School

2010 Strawberry Hall of Fame

The Florida Strawberry Growers Association’s most prestigious award is presented to a person or team in the industry that has devoted a lifetime to the support of Florida Strawberries.

• Rodney Hutto
• Charles E. lawton
• Hollis Maxwell

28 Years of Serving Our Grower Members

• The Florida Strawberry Growers Association has had 28 Jam awards Banquets Celebrating 28 years of serving our grower members.
• We have continued to focus on the youth in our community they are the future of our industry.
• The Florida Strawberry Grower Association has given over $300,000.00 worth of scholarships in the past 28 years.

Best Flat Contest

The Best Flat Contest is our primary fundraiser for our scholarship fund. Growers who take the time to pick that perfect flat of berries to enter for judging raise the money. We would like to thank the growers, community supporters, mostly our handlers who bid on the winning flats. Our Best Flat Contest is held three nights at the Strawberry Festival during the Plant sale, swine sale, and steer sale.

Strawberry Guitar

This year we had a special guest Jerrod Parker play the donated Strawberry Guitar for the live auction at the end of the night. Colorful Harvest one of our members donated the guitar and money from the auction went to the Rodney Hutto Memorial fund. We raised $3,250.00! We want to thank Charlie Young for his support and donation!