Stonyfield Farm Endowed Scholarship for St. Albans Cooperative
Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
Award: $5000 – $5000
Deadline: February 12
To convey their gratitude and appreciation to the St. Albans Cooperative Creamery for its support, partnerships, and friendship. Qualifications: Applicants must be a Vermont resident who is a member or partnering farmer of the successor in interest to the St. Albans Cooperative Creamery, or a spouse or dependent child of a member or participating farmer of the successor in interest; seek a certificate or an undergraduate degree, or enroll in a nondegree program; enroll at least half time; demonstrate financial need; attend an accredited school approved for federal title IV funding (pell grants, federal direct loans); students attending (or planning to attend) a college, university or training program within the United States or Canada who are: United States citizens (or eligible non-citizens). Selection criteria: Selection will be based on financial need, recommendation letter, and essay. How to apply: Applicants must submit online application form; should include: federal Student Aid (FAFSA); other required documents: should be submitted on a separate sheet of paper; recommendation letters: recommendation letter must be written by the individual designated by the applicant, be on official letterhead (school, business, college, organization, etc.), and/or be physically signed by the individual who wrote the letter; letters not signed or not on official letterhead cannot be authenticated; non-relative: letter must be from someone who is not related to the applicant for example, a counselor, guidance director, academic advisor, teacher, professor, principal, academic dean, employer, business leader, neighbor, or family friend; letter must address the applicant’s: achievements/strengths, talent/potential for success, community/school involvement, character/initiative/leadership, commitment to completing their education beyond high school, commitment to their chosen career/field of study, education/work ethic; essays: each essay must be written by the applicant and should include the applicant’s name and last four digits of their social security number at the top; general essay: commitment/goals; financial need; community service; uniqueness (minimum 250 words); membership (provide the name of the individual who is a member or employee of the St. Albans Cooperative Creamery, and their relationship to applicants). Focus: General studies/Field of study not specified.