Linda L. Lester Scholarship Fund is up to $5,000

Published March 21, 2019 on MorganHillLife.com

The Linda L. Lester Scholarship Fund is a program of the Santa Clara County Farm Bureau, in cooperation with American AgCredit.  Scholarships of up to $5,000 will be awarded to 2019 recipients. The scholarships are for local high school seniors and college students who have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or better and plan to major in agriculture, such as agricultural business, forestry, viticulture, animal science, crop science, environmental science, agricultural engineering, agricultural education, agricultural communications, food science, and others.

Recipients of the scholarship will receive annual payments determined by their length of time remaining in college, up to four years.  In order to receive annual payments, recipients must provide transcripts from the previous school year and enrollment verification for the upcoming school year.  A GPA of 2.5 must be maintained throughout payment schedule.

Applications are available on the Santa Clara County Farm Bureau website: www.santaclarafarmbureau.org . All applications must be in the Farm Bureau office by FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2019.

Applications include an instruction form, brief list of questions, transcripts, personal statement and two letters of recommendation. Once all applications have been received, students will be contacted by the Santa Clara County Farm Bureau to set up an interview with the Farm Bureau’s scholarship committee. Scholarship recipients will be notified by phone or mail following the interviews. Monetary awards will be mailed directly to the recipient’s college or university once school begins.

The DEADLINE for submitting applications for the Santa Clara County Farm Bureau Linda L. Lester Scholarship Fund is: Friday, April 19, 2019

 To request an application, please check with your school’s office that handles scholarships; or text your email address with the words “Farm Bureau Scholarship” to (831) 818-1193; or email the Santa Clara County Farm Bureau at: [email protected]

For more details, call Matt Gianelli, Assistant to the Executive Director, Santa Clara County Farm Bureau at (408) 776-1684