Scholarships
The Ventura County chapter of California Women for Agriculture (VC-CWA) strives to promote agriculture awareness and education within our community. In support of this initiative, VC-CWA administers two local scholarship programs:
Ag In The Classroom Conference Scholarships for local teachers: The 2021 Conference was virtual, but 2022 was live and in person, right here in Ventura! The 2023 Conference will be held in... Sacramento, September 22-24! VC-CWA will be offering scholarships to help local teachers attend that conference - download your application here.
College Scholarships for local students planning to study and pursue careers related to agriculture. VC-CWA offers several scholarships for agriculture students including:
* Topa-Topa Flywheelers Scholarship
* Agriculture Employees Scholarship
* Lucy Vanoni Memorial Scholarship
* General Agriculture Scholarship
The 2024 VC-CWA scholarship application will be available soon.
Ag In The Classroom Conference Scholarships for local teachers: The 2021 Conference was virtual, but 2022 was live and in person, right here in Ventura! The 2023 Conference will be held in... Sacramento, September 22-24! VC-CWA will be offering scholarships to help local teachers attend that conference - download your application here.
College Scholarships for local students planning to study and pursue careers related to agriculture. VC-CWA offers several scholarships for agriculture students including:
* Topa-Topa Flywheelers Scholarship
* Agriculture Employees Scholarship
* Lucy Vanoni Memorial Scholarship
* General Agriculture Scholarship
The 2024 VC-CWA scholarship application will be available soon.
2023 College Scholarships Awarded:
We were pleased to have awarded five $1500 scholarships in 2023, and look forward to seeing what these amazing students achieve!
We were pleased to have awarded five $1500 scholarships in 2023, and look forward to seeing what these amazing students achieve!
Our 2023 VC-CWA Scholarship Winners were:
Lucy Vanoni Memorial Scholarship: Kodi Sieben Topa Topa Flywheelers Scholarship: Stella DeBusschere Topa Topa Flywheelers Scholarship: Aiden Schindel Agriculture Employee Family Award: Kayley Meyring General CWA Scholarship: Sam Hoyt Click here to learn more about our 2023 recipients. Thank you to all the students that entered the 2023 contest and to the Vanoni Family, Topa Topa Flywheelers and Mission Produce for their generous support of our scholarship program. |
Ag in the Classroom is an annual 3-day conference where teachers and education professionals can learn about agriculture, and be provided with tools, tricks, and curriculum which will enable them to bring agriculture into their classrooms. When we help our teachers introduce the next generation to the importance of agriculture, we all will benefit for generations to come.
Meet our 2019 Ag in the Classroom Scholarship recipients:
Meet our 2019 Ag in the Classroom Scholarship recipients:
What a great opportunity for these teachers and their students!
In 2019, your support enabled VCCWA to scholarship these local teachers to Ag In The Classroom: Stacy Hunter and Susan Camarena, teachers at Huemene Elementary School, Steve Alnwick, an Inclusion Teacher who works with disabled students (his wife was able to go too!), Maria Chambers, a teacher at Sonshine Preschool in Ventura.
Thank you for your support and helping make this program possible.
In 2019, your support enabled VCCWA to scholarship these local teachers to Ag In The Classroom: Stacy Hunter and Susan Camarena, teachers at Huemene Elementary School, Steve Alnwick, an Inclusion Teacher who works with disabled students (his wife was able to go too!), Maria Chambers, a teacher at Sonshine Preschool in Ventura.
Thank you for your support and helping make this program possible.
If you would like to specifically support VCCWA's Scholarship Program, we would love to hear from you. Please click here to contact us and share your thoughts on this. Supporting our students and teachers in their agriculture hopes and dreams is a great investment.