This year a total of over $33,000 was awarded to some of Arizona’s top 4-H youth who are continuing their education with the help of awards made possible by some of our named scholarship endowments and specially designated donations. Over 70 youth applied for the educational grants. Our Scholarship committee is comprised of a well rounded group of individuals with 4-H history, education, business experience and a give back to the community kind of spirit. And they did have their work cut out for them. In general, applicants are rated by the Scholarship Committee on Need, Ability, Aptitude, Grades, 4-H History & Involvement and Completes of Applications meeting the Criteria for the Specific Scholarships & References. Location does not enter into it as we have recipients from 9 of Arizona’s 15 Counties who will be attending schools. While a large portion of them will be UA students, our recipients will also be attending community colleges across Arizona and other schools like NAU, ASU, and out of state colleges.

     The following is our 2007-2008 list of recipient WINNERS!

· The Betty Accomazzo Memorial awarded to Colten Butler
Jimmy Accomazzo established this endowment (in memory of his mother).

· The Jimmy Accomazzo Memorial awarded to Kassandra Kinney
Established in August 1993 by the many friends and family of Jimmy Accomazzo to support educational scholarships for 4-H members pursuing higher education.

· The Margery and Gene Bayless awarded to Shamree Rencher
In 1983, Marge and Gene Bayless created the first endowment with the Foundation. The Bayless family has given more than 20 years of service to youth in Arizona.

· Multiple Scholarship Awards from The Mary and Arthur Faul -Millstone Ranch were awarded. Established through the generosity of Mary A. and Arthur "Jim" Faul, who have given many years of service to 4-H and Pinal County Cooperative Extension. This year’s recipients are: Julie Darr, Kevin Gressley, Tanner Herbert, Amber Hruska, Candice Jonovich, Shannon Lee, Amber Middaugh, Robyn Ollerton, Andrew Olson, Matthew Olson, Nadji Remer, Katy White, Andrew Whiteside, Kayla Woehlecke, Amanda Zamudio, Joseph Zamudio, and Michael Zamudio.

· Farm Credit Services Southwest award went to Kaylee Guana.
Farm Credit Services Southwest established this endowment to provide merit based educational scholarships for 4-H members in Arizona.

· Mildred and Larkin Fitch awarded to Dru Palmer and Melinda Robinson.
Established in 1989 by Mr. and Mrs. Fitch to provide educational grants to 4-H youth pursuing a higher education.

· June Gibbs Memorial was awarded to Heather Page.
Ruth Lovik, long time friend of June Gibbs, established this fund to support educational grants in the area Family and Consumer Science. Until her retirement, June served as the Extension Foods-Nutrition Specialist in the School of Family and Consumer Resources.

· Don Landeen Memorial Scholarship awarded to Nicole Ward.
Established in 2005 by his wife, Sharon, The Don Landeen Memorial Scholarship is given annually to Pima County 4-H’ers who exhibited large livestock animals in their careers.

· Eugenia Scott & Ralph Rodgers Hawthorne Scholarship awarded to Ryan Ward and Katie Goodwin.
The Eugenia Scott & Ralph Rodgers Hawthorne Scholarship was established to provide continual support for 4-H’ers in the field of sciences and fine-arts.

· Everett Grondin Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Andrea Kelley.
This scholarship was established in Everett’s memory by his wife, Cecilia to provide perpetual support for the 4-H Scholarship program in Arizona.

· Ralph Hall Memorial Scholarship recipient was Grace Jordan.
Established in 2001, the Ralph Hall Memorial is in remembrance of a longtime Pima County 4-H leader and volunteer. This memorial provides perpetual support for today’s youth.

· Becker-Baguley 4-H Scholarship was awarded to Megan Kuhn.
The Becker-Baguley 4-H Endowment fund provides support to the Arizona 4-H Scholarship program for students who have been active in the 4-H program for at least two years.
· In addition to these endowed scholarships, we were also able to provide the following scholarships:

· Colorado River Small Stock Show Merit Scholarship – Jodi Knowlton.

· Pima County Horse Project Scholarship – Rachel Christie and Alicia Lopez.

· Valley Telephone Scholarship – Kayla Bidegain and Jessica Richardson.

If you are interested in helping to support the 4-H scholarship program in the future please call us @ 520 621-7211 or visit our website http://ag.arizona.edu/4-h_foundation. Applications for next year’s scholarships are available now on our website, or visit your local extension office.

Congratulations to all our scholars, and thanks again to all our 4-H supporters!