Guidelines for NCCESA-West District

4-H Special Activity Scholarship

1. The amount of the scholarship will be a minimum of $100 to a maximum of $250 per year.  (Depending on the WDCESA’s budget and need of the county receiving the scholarship.  The amount to be awarded will be voted on at the spring meeting in the year of the award.)

    

2. Scholarship should be to any deserving youth, with 4-H members receiving preference.

    

3. The scholarship should be used for any 4-H Camp (Swannanoa, Day Camps, etc.), 4-H Summer Programs, or any 4-H District or State activity (Congress, teen retreat, state council conference, etc.), or any combination of these 4-H activities.

    

4. The 4-H secretary and the 4-H agent from the designated county will choose the recipient by whatever method they choose; in the event that there are several good possibilities, the secretary will make the final decision.

    

5. Any youth age 5-18 is eligible

    

    

6. The county designated to receive the scholarship will rotate as follows:  Yancey, Watauga, Transylvania, Swain, Polk, Mitchell, McDowell, Madison, Macon, Jackson, Henderson, Haywood, Graham, Clay, Cherokee Reservation, Cherokee, Buncombe, Avery. 

    

   *ONLY COUNTIES WITH PAID AND ACTIVE MEMBERS IN THE ASSOCIATION WILL BE ELIGIBLE – SECRETARY MUST HAVE ATTENDED AT LEAST ONE MEETING DURING DESIGNATED YEAR.

    

    

7. The county receiving the scholarship will be notified by December 1 in the year prior to the scholarship award.  If the designated county to receive the scholarship does not utilize the scholarship, the next county in rotation will be awarded that year’s scholarship.

    

8. The county awarded the scholarship will present a report to the membership at the fall meeting.

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