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Scholarships

The Washington Farm Bureau each year offers up to five (5) $2,000 scholarships as part of the Ray DeVries Memorial Scholarship program.

UW campusThese scholarships are awarded to undergraduate students currently enrolled in agriculture or a related field at an accredited college or university. Applicants must have completed at least one year of secondary education. A person may receive the scholarship only once, and must meet the following requirements.

Applicant must be:

1. A member, or the son, daughter, or legal dependent of aWSU campus Farm Bureau member family with a current membership

2. Attending an accredited college/university

3. Enrolled in a field of agriculture, e.g. food science, horticulture, ag technical course, animal science, etc. or in course as it relates to agriculture

Five scholarships awarded to deserving students (September 2007)

Printable scholarship application

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Local County Farm Bureau Scholarships

County

Amount

Eligibility

Application

Deadline

Contact

Adams

 

$500 (4)

Graduating high school seniors who are members of a Farm Bureau family.

March 14

Mark Booker

(509) 488-2278

 

Benton

$1,000 (5)

Graduating high school seniors who are members of a Farm Bureau family.

April 14

Rodney Larson (509) 948-6824

Chelan/Douglas

$1,000

Graduating high school senior who has been accepted by accredited college or university, or college student enrolled in agricultural field of study. Must be a Chelan/Douglas County Farm Bureau member.

May 1

Terese Stumpf

(509) 633-9552

Clark/Cowlitz

$1,000-$1,500

(Scholarships awarded based on number of applicants)

Members of a Farm Bureau family or Farm Bureau members for at least two years

April 15

Merrill Firestone

(360) 573-4638

 

Columbia/Garfield

 

$800 (1)

$700 (1)

High school graduate planning to attend accredited college or vocational school. Monty Leighty scholarship ($800) is awarded to a Farm Bureau member; Wallace Robins scholarship ($700) is open to all applicants.

April 15

Bill Warren

(509) 382-4205

Franklin

$1,000

Must be enrolled in an agricultural field of study at Columbia Basin College.

 

Ramona Rommereim

(509) 531-7857

 

Grant

$1,000 (3)

Must be a Farm Bureau member who is attending college in agriculture or a related field.

June 15

Jaime Sackmann

(509) 349-2359

 

Grays Harbor/Pacific

 

 

June 15

Clarence Pearson

(360) 482-2607

King/Pierce

$1,000

$750 (2)

$1,000 scholarship awarded to graduating high school senior (or current college student) who plans to pursue an ag-related field of study. Must be member of the King/Pierce Farm Bureau.

$750 scholarships available for any field of study. Must be members of the King/Pierce County Farm Bureau

April 4

 

Robert Yoshioka

(253) 922-5307

 

 

Kittitas

$1,000

Graduating high school senior and a member of a Farm Bureau family.

Applications available at Ellensburg High School.

 

Brad Haberman

(509) 925-6528

Linda Clerf

(509) 925-9005

Lewis $750

Open to any high school or GED senior or current undergraduate

Required letter of request -- why you should be chosen for one of the two scholarships (priority to FB member families, 4-H, FFA, and Ag connections) 

 

Brian Thompson   

bthompson  @thurstoncd.com

Maureen Harkcom

Maureen @happs-inc.om

Skagit

$1,000

Graduating high school senior or already enrolled in accredited college or vocational program. Must be son or daughter of voting Skagit County Farm Bureau member.

March 30

Annie Lohman

(360) 766-7103

 

Snohomish

$1,000 (2)

Graduating high school seniors whose families have been members the Snohomish County Farm Bureau for at least two years.

May 10

Edith Stocker

(360) 568-2338

Spokane

$750 (2)

Graduating high school seniors or college students seeking a degree in agricultural field.

May 15

Contact Robyn Meenach

(509) 448-9443

 

Whatcom

 

 

$500 (3)

Graduating high school seniors or college students who are members of the Whatcom County Farm Bureau.

Previous scholarship winners are ineligible.

April 23

Suzzi Snydar

(360) 354-1383 or (360) 815-2395

Whitman

 

$250

Graduating high school senior or college student enrolled in, or planning to enroll in an agricultural field of study. Must be a Whitman County Farm Bureau member.

April 15

Dianne Appel