Scholarship and Loan Opportunities
The fall season is a great time for students to begin researching scholarship opportunities that will help them reach their educational goals. Shasta Regional Community Foundation is an excellent resource, managing many scholarship funds awarded to graduating high school seniors as well as those students already enrolled in undergraduate programs. Some of these scholarships were started by families or individuals; others by businesses or organizations.
The Community Foundation distributed 195 awards totaling $272,300 for the 2019-2020 academic year. These scholarships and low-interest loans help to fund a recipient’s trade school, community college, university, or medical school education. Award criteria may be based on community service, grades, financial need, extra-curricular activities, and other donor-specified qualifications. Each opportunity and its online application are on the Shasta Regional Community Foundation website.
Are you planning to major in agricultural studies with a special emphasis on the livestock industry? Check out the Andy Peek Livestock Endowed Scholarship Fund, established by the Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale in honor and memory of this past chairman of the Shasta District Fair Board in California and 2007 Tehama County Cattleman of the Year. The annual application window for this scholarship is September through December.
Or consider Caden, whose favorite school subjects were math, computer science, biology, physics, environmental science while participating in a robotics club and playing basketball. His goal is to become a computer programmer/engineer.
For more information about scholarship programs managed by Shasta Regional Community Foundation, contact Program Associate Miriam Leal at miriam@shastarcf.org or visit the website.
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