Strawberry Group Offers Scholarships
The California Strawberry Commission is accepting applications for its scholarship program for children of farm workers who are completing their senior year of high school and considering going on to college.
The California Strawberry Scholarship Program is open to children of field workers employed in growing districts, including Oxnard, Santa Maria, Orange County, San Diego, Watsonville, Salinas and Fresno.
The scholarships, which are awarded based on merit, range from $500 to $1,500. Scholarship recipients can use the funds for earning the degree or certificate of their choice at a four-year university, a community college or an accredited trade school.
More than $28,000 in scholarship money has been awarded to promising students since the program began two years ago.
Past recipients of the awards are now pursuing degrees at UC Davis, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Cal State Monterey Bay and Santa Clara University. Parents of scholarship applicants must have worked for at least two consecutive seasons in the strawberry industry since 1992.
For more information about the scholarship program, or to obtain an application form, call the California Strawberry Commission in Watsonville at (408) 724-1301. The deadline to apply is April 1.
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