Page 8 2024 Logan County Spring Farm Magazine LINCOLN DAILY NEWS March 2024 Scholarship is defined as financial support awarded to a student, based on academic excellence and financial need, for the purpose of higher education, but it is so much more. It is acknowledgement of hard work and dedication, it is the promise of a bright future, it is the support of the community, the pride of family, and the ability to fulfill dreams. The Logan County Farm Bureau sees the importance of scholarships and invests in the future of agriculture by awarding deserving high school seniors in Logan County pursuing an education in Agriculture or AgTech that financial acknowledgement. Scholarship criteria includes: must be a senior in high Farm Bureau Ag Scholarships help shape the future of young agricultural leaders school, from Logan County, must be pursuing an education in agriculture or its related sciences. Each year dozens of students from several schools in Logan County submit their applications. Heartland Community College Foundation judges the scholarship applications and determines the awardees. The committee has no knowledge of the applicant, their family, or their ties to the community, making their decision nonbiased. At the Logan County Farm Bureau Ag Breakfast, an awards ceremony is held to honor the recipients and their parents and to provide encouragement to them as they set out on the course to agricultural success. The ceremony is traditionally held during National Agriculture Week in March. Year after year hundreds of members of Logan County’s ag community as well as local and state legislators attend the 7 a.m. event to find out who the scholarship recipients are and to hear the address of the keynote speaker. Past speakers include several past scholarship recipients, senators, and agriculture icons. This year’s breakfast is March 21, 2024, at the American Legion with Scott Betzelberger as the keynote speaker. To date there have been 30 scholarships awarded totaling an amazing $127,500.00. Continued --
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