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$74,500 in Scholarship Available

Feb 8, 2010

The Shasta Regional Community Foundation is pleased to offer twenty-four scholarships to students in Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties for a total of $74,500.

• Kohn Family Scholarship:  Deadline, March 17, 2010.  One, $2,000 scholarship, renewable for up to a total of 4 years for a total of $8,000, awarded to a graduating senior from Shasta High School that participated in high school athletics. 

• Shasta Natural Science Scholarship: Deadline, March 17, 2010.  One, $500 scholarship awarded to a Shasta County High School female senior or a female student transferring from Shasta College who will be attending an accredited 4 year college or university.

• Northern Business Associates Scholarship: Deadline March 17, 2010.  Four, $500 scholarships awarded to graduating seniors in Shasta County who will be attending a college or university in Shasta County in the fall (e.g. Shasta College, Simpson University, National University).

• Opportunity Scholarship: Deadline March 31, 2010.  At least three scholarships, up to $10,000, will be awarded to graduating seniors from Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity Counties.  The students must have attended a Cash for College Workshop and plan to attend a four-year college or university in the fall.  

• FWF’62 Scholarship:  Deadline, April 14, 2010.  One, $500 scholarship awarded to a female student at Shasta High School who will be attending a trade school or a two or four-year college.

• Andy Allison Scholarship: Deadline April 14, 2010.  Two, $1,000 scholarships awarded to a male and female student at Enterprise High School who participated in high school sports and plan to attend Shasta College.

• William Garcia Scholarship:  Deadline April 14, 2010.  One, $1,000 scholarship awarded to a graduating senior from Shasta County that participated in high school tennis.

• Redding Legal Professionals, Jutta B. Spruce Scholarship:  Deadline, April 14, 2010.  One, $500 scholarship awarded to a Shasta or Tehama County high school senior, college student or reentry student who plans to pursue a career in the legal field (not intended for students planning to enter law school).

• Women in Medicine Scholarship:  Deadline, April 22, 2010.  Ten, $3,000 scholarships awarded to female Shasta County graduating seniors and female students enrolled in a four-year university who graduated from a Shasta County High School.  They must be planning a career in: Pediatrics, Family Medicine, Dentistry, Family Nursing or Physicians Assisting. 

Applications may be downloaded or picked up from high school counselors.  Please contact Juliette Read at the Community Foundation at (530)244-1219 with any questions.