Extension Communications
3614 Administrative Services Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3614
(515) 294-9915
12/26/02
Contacts:
Mitchell Hoyer, 4-H Youth Development, (515) 294-1531, mhoyer@iastate.edu
Tracy S. Petersen, Continuing Education and Communication Services, (515)
294-9915
Hills Bank and Trust Company, 4-H Offer Scholarship
AMES, Iowa -- High school juniors who live in or attend school in 10
southeast Iowa counties may apply for a scholarship from the Iowa 4-H
Foundation. The students need not be 4-H members to apply.
The Hills Bank and Trust Company Leadership Grant is the newest of 70
scholarships offered each year by the Iowa 4-H Foundation. Twenty participants
will be selected for the annual program, which is sponsored by Hills Bank
and Trust Company.
The recipients of the scholarship, who apply during their junior year
in high school, will attend nine hours of leadership training sponsored
by Hills Bank and Trust Company during their senior year. Afterward, they
will receive a $2,000 scholarship ($500 per semester for two years). The
scholarship may be used at any of Iowa's accredited universities, colleges
or community colleges.
To be eligible, students must live in or attend school in one of the
following Iowa counties: Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk,
Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, or Washington. The applicants must have earned
a grade point average of 2.8 or higher, and demonstrated leadership, entrepreneurship,
or other qualities related to community service.
Applications are due Feb. 1 to the Iowa 4-H Foundation, 32 Curtiss Hall,
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-1050. For more information, contact
your local ISU county Extension office. Further information also is available
from 4-H Youth Development program coordinator Mitchell Hoyer, (515) 294-1531
or Hills Bank and Trust Company vice president Tim Smith, (319) 679-2291.
In addition, applications are available on the Iowa 4-H Web page: www.extension.iastate.edu/4H/grants.html
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Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.