Aiming to foster and promote unity and harmony among volunteer fire departments throughout Indiana

Bridgeport Scholarship

At the Annual meeting in June of 1986, it was announced that the Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department of Indianapolis, who, at that time was dissolving their corporation, had set up a Memorial Trust fund to be administered by the IVFA Board of Directors.

The fund was to be used for a Line of Duty Death Benefit of the survivor of a current IVFA member killed in the line of duty as a volunteer firefighter in the amount of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00).

Also two Fifteen Hundred Dollar ($1,500.00) Scholarships were to be given to a child of a current member of the IVFA or the IVFAA. and presented annually.

Since this fund was established, the IVFA has added to it from the sale of IVFA License Plates and increased the number of scholarships from two to three scholarships annually.

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Past Winners

1987
Michael Ferry, Julia Schnck
1988
Loretta Griffin, Lutecia Griffin
1989
Catherine Pate, Kathy Lynn Trulock
1990
Tina Fuhrman, Nancy Ward
1991
Robert Cloud, Jonathon Pate
1992
Jody Lynn Buettner, Mary Ellen Reidenbach
1993
Coralene Byers, Andrew Achafstall
1994
Joshua DeCoursey, David Martin
1995
Keli Rae Foust, Crystal Gayle James
1996
Jennifer Israel, Mycal Mansfield
1997
Nicholas Hauptli, Trina Helderman
1998
Amanda Nelson, Holly Williamson
1999
Elizabeth Elshoff, Brooke Minkert
2000
Sarah Brovont, Tarah Kitchell
2001
Tabitha Kitchell, Tessa Smith
2002
Kyle Leeken, Jean Randle
2003
Katherine Danielle Manus, Denver Joseph McDaniel
2004
Jennifer Lingenfelser, Molly Lynne Fields, Heather Diane Werry
2005
Brittni Jo Bailey, Britani Shayne Hollis, Kurtiss Todd McKissick
2006
Whitney Hochgesang, Sarah E. Bauman, Annette Marie Sieverding
2007
Erica Holloway, Megan Walker, Katelyn Bruns
2008
Brittney Haas, Morgan Joann Borden, Taylor Jackson Gage
2009
Ashley Rehmel, Micajah Green, Aaron Hoeing
2010
Jessie Ann Johnson, Andrew J. Binkle, Amanda K. Workman
2011
Kyle D. Smith, Andrea M. Tappy, Elaina M. Voss
2012
Mitchell Haas, Tatijana Marsee, Robert King lll
2013
Trevor L. Vaal, Jostus K. Mohlke, Shelby A. Smith
2014
Morganne Leigh Haas, Stephanie Kay Hoeing, Amanda Louise Middleton
2015
Cole Jeffery Barker, Dylan Michael Lee Schumaker, Jasmine Mae Vonderheide
2016
Katie Jo Singer, Emily McFarland, Lauren Schnell
2017
Amelia Sorg, Paige Blades, Dana Sutherlin
2018
Adam Cron, Jessica Bertke, Emma Hurst
2019
Shalyn K. Nelson, Johnathon M. Webber, Makenna Adams
2020
David king, Taylor Mirowski, Martin Ruiz-Bussey
2021
Aubrey Ruxer, Nathaniel Scranton, Jacob Teaney
2022
Nicholas Kolanowski, District 2, Collin Dulin, District 9A, Morgan Adams, District 11B, Kimberly Smith, District 6, Jonathon Ralston, District 10
2023
Tyler Verkamp Dist, 18, Natalie Rose Dist. 17A , Kaylee Gabbard Dist. 13B, Brianna Lane Dist. 8A
2024
Katlyn Betz Dist 18, Sabil Davenriner Dist 7, Dustin Chandler Dist 17A, Elizabeth Stone Dist 11B, Chloe Sprague Dist 6