Huhtamaki launched the Save the Dream program in 2018, delivering scholarships and education assistance to employees’ dependents to support their dreams of higher education.
Administered by Scholarship America, the nation’s largest scholarship manager, the program provides up to $10,000 in financial aid to eligible students. Since its inception, more than 250 students have received funding which has helped open doors to brighter futures and new career paths.
Lane Porter was one of the first recipients of the Save the Dream scholarship and he used the support to pursue interests and experiences beyond his education.
Lane attended Kansas State University from 2018 to 2023 as a Secondary Education major with a math minor. The Save the Dream scholarship allowed him to join marching band without worrying about working on top of schoolwork, practices, and games. This led him to getting an additional scholarship through marching band.
“The Save the Dream scholarship definitely made my time at K-State a lot easier,” Lane said. "The scholarship let me pursue my interests like marching band and allowed me to be myself in college, and it was incredible. It is definitely something I was grateful to receive.”
Lane also explored his interest in art, taking his hobby into the Manhattan, Kan. community. He designed pizza boxes, laptop stickers and even a ceiling tile at Pizza Shuttle, a local restaurant.
Today, Lane is a math teacher at Olathe (Kan.) South High School, where he encourages students to pursue their passions.