The Wisconsin FFA Foundation is now accepting applications from eligible Wisconsin Association of FFA members for its 2018-19 Post-Secondary Scholarships.The application is available on the Wisconsin FFA Foundation’s website home page (wisconsinffafoundation.org), or on the Wisconsin FFA’s website under the “Programs” tab (wisconsinffa.org). All applications are to be postmarked by March 15, 2019, to the Wisconsin FFA Foundation office.“We’re grateful and proud to offer these scholarships to our FFA members on behalf of our benefactors,” says John Hromyak, executive director of the Wisconsin FFA Foundation. “These scholarships are truly an investment in our talented, deserving and hard-working members who are the next generation of agricultural leaders.” Applicants must be a senior in high school, or enrolled in a university or technical school and have maintained a satisfactory scholastic record in school. FFA members need to only fill out one application to be considered for all scholarships for which the applicant qualifies. A listing of additional criteria for all scholarships is available on the Wisconsin FFA website.The Wisconsin FFA Foundation’s 2019 scholarships are generously provided by the following companies, individuals, and endowed funds:Matthew D. Anderson Endowment ANIMART, Inc. Badger State Ethanol Harold and Geneva Beals Endowment Walter and Delores Bjoraker Endowment Blain’s Farm and Fleet ConAgra Brands Arnold and Katherine Cordes Endowment Mary Elstad and Dean P. Gagnon Endowment Elstad Brothers Endowment Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association Farmer Community Giving, Organic Valley GROWMARK Kenneth K. Heideman Endowment Gordon Iverson Endowment Rodney O. Kittelsen Endowment Robert and Herta Laatsch Family Endowment Virgil & Ann Martinson Endowment Roundy’s Louis M. Sasman of the Kiwanis Club of Downtown Madison Endowment Bernie and Marty Staller Endowment Star Blends Robert Wohlford Memorial Van Wychen Endowment Wisconsin Agri-Business Association Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation WPS Farm Show Food VendorsFor more information, please contact the Wisconsin FFA Foundation via phone at 608-831-5058 or email at: [email protected].
About Pam Jahnke
Getting up at 2 in the morning might shock some of her listeners, but for Pam Jahnke, it’s part of the business. Born in Northeastern Wisconsin, Pam Jahnke grew up in agriculture. Raised on her family’s 200-acre dairy farm, she learned the “farm work ethic” first hand.
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