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February 16, 2001
TFB scholarships:
Have you applied?
Listen up Texas Farm Bureau youth! Here's something to add to your list of New Year's resolutions: In 2001, take advantage of one or more opportunities offered by the organization to win a college scholarship.
Each year, TFB awards scholarships totaling $40,000 to winners of various contests.
Other annual scholarships are offered by the TFB Youth Foundation, the Young Farmer & Rancher program, the Dick Mitchell family, and American Farm Bureau Federation/Monsanto.
TFB Youth Contests
High school juniors and seniors who attended the TFB Citizenship Seminar in San Angelo last June took the first step for eligibility to enter the 2001 Free Enterprise Speech Contest. The next step involves giving five, brief speeches, locally, on free enterprise.
Thirteen district winners will compete in the state semifinals during the 2001 TFB state convention. The winner is upgraded to a $4,000 scholarship; runner-up, $2,500; four finalists, $1,500 each; and 13 district winners, $1,000 each. The top six also win a trip to Washington, D.C.
District winners in the Miss Texas Farm Bureau contest each win $1,000 and must compete at the state level for the crown, an upgrade to a $2,000 scholarship, and a $500 wardrobe of natural fibers. Runner-up receives a $1,500 scholarship upgrade. Both receive a set of luggage. For eligibility guidelines, contact your local county Farm Bureau office.
Each district winner in the TFB Talent Find Contest receives a $1,000 college scholarship. Statewide winner receives an upgrade to a $2,000 college scholarship and the runner-up gets a $1,500 scholarship upgrade.
YF&R Scholarships
TFB's Young Farmers and Ranchers will award multiple, $2,000 scholarships, to assist college-bound seniors pursuing an agricultural degree at a college, university, or post-secondary technical school, in the Fall 2001 semester.
The program is currently funded in its entirety by the YF&R Silent Auction, held each year during the state convention. Rules and applications for YF&R scholarships are available at every county Farm Bureau office; on Texas Farm Bureau's website (www.txfb.org); or from Si Cook, TFB organization programs director (254/751-2286). Application deadline is June 1, 2001.
Other TFB scholarships
Application deadline for the Texas Farm Bureau Youth Foundation Scholarship, to be awarded in May 2001, is March 15.
The Foundation awards a scholarship in the amount of $1,000 per year, renewable up to four years. (See details and application form on page 20 or call Darla Meister, scholarship coordinator, at 254/751-2598.)
High school juniors and seniors (whose parents or guardians are TFB members) who attended the 2000 Citizenship Seminar are eligible for the $750 Dick Mitchell Scholarship to be awarded in May 2001. For details, contact your local Farm Bureau office or call 254/751-2282.
