May 3, 2018

NDFB 2018 scholarship winners announced

Topic: Education

The NDFB Promotion and Education Committee announced eight individuals who have been awarded $1,000 scholarships through the NDFB Foundation.
 
“This year we had $8,000 to give out for scholarships,” said NDFB Director of Organizational Development Joey Myers. “The P&E Committee and county volunteers did an outstanding job raising money this year for the scholarships.”
 
The money is raised during an auction at the NDFB Annual Meeting in November. The auction items are donated by county Farm Bureaus and volunteers.
 
The Becki Palmer Scholarship, for high school seniors, honors an NDFB employee who lost her battle with cancer in 2006. The winners are:
Nicholas Effertz from Velva
Micheal Kraft from Munich
 
The NDFB Agriculture Scholarship is for an undergraduate student majoring in agriculture that has completed or will be completing their freshman year of post-secondary school. The winner is:
Jarrett Lardy from West Fargo
 
The NDFB Family Membership Scholarship is awarded to a current Farm Bureau member or family member who has or will have completed their freshman year of college. The winners are:
Jaelyn Lardy from West Fargo
Jarrod McDonald from Bismarck
 
The Future of Agriculture Scholarship is for students graduating high school this spring that are enrolled in an agriculture college. The winners are:
Brianna Maddock from Davenport
Chase Bader from Lehr
Billie Lentz from Rolla

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