Farm Bureau Programs and Services

Mendocino County Farm Bureau Scholarships Each year the Mendocino County Farm Bureau awards scholarships to deserving students with a desire to start a career in the agricultural industry. The student criteria is unique in the fact that scholarship applicants can be continuing students of any age - entering or attending an accredited trade school, college or university, including out of state, and majoring in an agricultural related field. The MCFB Scholarship Committee begins its process in January of each year and interviews applicants in the spring. Scholarship recipients are honored at the MCFB annual meeting in early June. During the recipient recognition each individual being remembered through a memorial donation will also be honored.   2008 Scholarship Recipients From the left:  Laura Summit, Jessica May, Taylor Todd, Wesley Hunt, MCFB Scholarship Chair Marti Bradford, Becky Fairbairn, Michael Zeni, and Matthew Daugherty, not shown Justin Rhoades.

Agriculture Student Scholarships

Deadline March 15

Dear Scholarship Applicant:

Please transfer the Mendocino County Farm Bureau Scholarship Application (either works or word formatted) file to your computer or simply open the file and print it out. Do the same with the Cover Letter (either works or word formatted) file. If this is not possible, please contact the Mendocino County Farm Bureau Office and we will mail a copy to you.

The Mendocino County Farm Bureau Scholarship Program was organized to give aid to students with a desire to start a career in the agricultural industry or in an ag-related field. The scholarship award criteria is based on leadership skills, high school or college GPA, extra-curricular activities and "a commitment to study agriculture." A student must be enrolled in a trade school, college or university, full time.

A group of finalists will be selected to be interviewed by the Mendocino County Farm Bureau Scholarship Committee from the applications received. These interviews take place in the spring, usually in April. Finalists will be notified of the date, time and place of the interview. Past interviews have also been conducted by conference call when a selected finalist could not attend in person. Further questions regarding the Mendocino County Farm Bureau Scholarship Program, or for obtaining an application, can be directed to the Farm Bureau office by calling (707) 462-6664 or by email to mendofb@pacific.net. Scholarship applications can also be obtained from your local high school counseling office or ag teachers. Mendocino College students can obtain an application at the Counselor's office on campus. Deadline for applications to be postmarked or received at the Mendocino County Farm Bureau office is March 15, 2008.

When you send your application in, it should be accompanied by the following items:

• All high school transcripts
• All information about trade school (if applicable)
• All junior college transcripts (if applicable)
• All college transcripts (if applicable)
• Three letters of recommendation

If any one of these items is missing from your application packet after March 15, your application WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. If, for some reason, any of these items cannot be sent in with your application, but are POSTMARKED BY MARCH 15, the items will automatically be included in your application packet for consideration.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Any full-time student who is a resident of Mendocino County entering or attending an accredited trade school, college or university, including out of state, or enrolled in a Mendocino County Community College, and majoring in an agriculture related field.

DO YOU HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF MENDOCINO COUNTY FARM BUREAU? NO, you do not.

WHAT CRITERIA IS USED TO SELECT A WINNER? The award is made based on scholastic achievement, career goals, leadership skills, extra curricular activities, need and determination.

WHAT IS THE DEADLINE?All information requested on the application must be postmarked on or before March 15, 2008. We will not process documents after this date.

IS A SCHOLARSHIP RENEWABLE? Yes, past recipients of a Mendocino County Farm Bureau Scholarship are welcome and encouraged to reapply each year.

Finalists should understand that they will have not more than two weeks advance notice of the interview date. A group of finalists will be selected for an interview with the Mendocino County Farm Bureau Scholarship Committee. These interviews usually take place in late March or early April. Finalists will be notified of the date, time and place of the interview in the notice of selection. Interviews can be conducted via conference call.

If you have any further questions regarding the Mendocino County Farm Bureau Scholarship, contact the county Farm Bureau at (707) 462-6664.

INSTRUCTIONS:

This Scholarship application and all the required material pertaining to it must be completed and on file at the Mendocino County Farm Bureau, 303 - C Talmage Rd., Ukiah, CA 95482. Applications and/or accompanying documents postmarked after March 15 will not be considered. A transcript of each high school, junior college and college attended must accompany this application. Transcripts should be sealed by the school registrar and accompany this application unopened. The three letters of recommendation must contain the following: The name of the applicant, comments on the applicant's character and abilities and an opinion of his/her ability to profit from a college education. ( A parent or close relative cannot be considered as a reference.) The name and occupation of each person writing a letter of recommendation is required; each letter of recommendation must be postmarked by March 15th. It is recommended that an applicant provide a stamped and addressed envelope to each person writing a recommendation.