“So they’ve got a guaranteed job every summer while maintaining their hire date, wage, connections, Like Johnston did nearly 30 years ago, many UFV students embrace Costco’s College Student Retention Program - starting at the store in their first or second years over the summer, then working weekends during school semesters before returning the following summer. “I like working with students, they’re always good employees, and a lot already know each other so it’s a good environment for them to come into.” “We hire a lot of UFV students and alumni,” Johnston says. The financial assistance could very possibly end up helping a future Costco employee - though connections to the chain are not required to receive the bursary. The annual funding is targeted to those with financial need, and not necessarily tied to academic performance. The bursary is building interest right now, thanks to the Costco donation. “The next thing I knew I got a call from the university saying ‘thanks for the bursary’, so that was fantastic.” His colleague went to work on the bursary. “I told him that we have a great university in the Fraser Valley, that I graduated from there and a lot of UFV students work for me and it would be great if we could support them,” he recalls of the Ottawa chat.
We want to get involved in the local community and support businesses, jobs, and education,” says Johnston, an alumnus of UFV’s Business degree program. “Any time we can have a relationship with people who are going through business leadership educational training, it’s good for our company. Big stores, big parking spots, big bags of frozen berries.
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