Extension Communications
3614 Administrative Services Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3614
(515) 294-9915
3/13/02
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 New Scholarship
AMES, Iowa -- Students who live in or attend school in 10 southeast Iowa counties may apply for a new 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 will 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 a grade point average of 2.8 or higher, and demonstrated leadership, entrepreneurship or other qualities related to community service.
Applications are due May 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.
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Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.