Eastern Idaho State Fair announces 2024 4-H/FFA scholarship winners

For nan eighteenth twelvemonth successful a row, nan Eastern Idaho State Fair is handing retired scholarships to section seniors who person participated successful 4-H aliases FFA. | Courtesy Eastern Idaho State Fair

The pursuing is simply a property merchandise from nan Eastern Idaho State Fair.

BLACKFOOT — The Eastern Idaho State Fair continues to support outstanding precocious schoolhouse seniors successful Southeastern Idaho. In business pinch Butler Amusement, Inc., nan Eastern Idaho State Fair announced six danasiwa winners, each of whom has been awarded a $1,000 danasiwa to nan assemblage of their choice. Since its inception eighteen years ago, this danasiwa money has awarded complete $112,000.00 to deserving college-bound teens.

The danasiwa committee faced nan situation of selecting winners from a excavation of commendable applicants; a testament to nan exceptional value of our younker and nan 4-H and Future Farmers of America (FFA) programs successful Southeastern Idaho that nurture their talents. Each exertion was meticulously reviewed.

“Reviewing nan outstanding danasiwa applications gets much difficult each year; our younker are amazing, and nan 4-H and FFA programs successful Southeastern Idaho cultivate nan best,” said Eastern Idaho State Fair Board Chairman Corey Foster.

The six finalists were selected based connected past years’ acquisition successful FFA aliases 4-H and their individual and master goals, honors, activities, organization work and financial need. The winners are:

• Hope Wanstrom, Bingham County, Firth High School
• Jamie Sherman, Madison County, Madison High School
• Lucy Barney, Jefferson County, Rigby High School
• Cooper Hatch, Bingham County, Blackfoot High School
• Hadley Ashby, Franklin County, West Side High School
• Hadley MacConnell, Butte County, Idaho Virtual Academy

The six danasiwa winners and their families were invited to be a typical meal successful their grant pinch nan Eastern Idaho State Fair Board of Directors and unit connected Thursday, April 25.

The 2025 Scholarship is unfastened to each graduating seniors from nan 16 surrounding counties. We promote each those willing to apply. Applications will beryllium disposable astatine www.funatthefair.com opening connected January 1, 2025.

The Eastern Idaho State Fair is simply a 16-county adjacent district. The adjacent celebrates 122 years arsenic Eastern Idaho’s longest moving and largest organization event, pinch astir 255,000 attendees each year. The ngo of nan Eastern Idaho State Fair is to supply wholesome, affordable family acquisition and intermezo successful a cleanable and safe cultivation environment. It is ne'er excessively early to get excited for nan 2024 Fair, August 30 – September 7, 2024!