LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Eight local students who have been selected for a Lake County Farm Bureau scholarship will be honored at Celebration 2017: Annual Meeting and Love of the Land Dinner on June 29 th at the Cole Creek Equestrian Center.
The LCFB scholarship is awarded to students who are pursuing an agricultural field and is based on academic merit, extra-curricular activities and a demonstrated interest in agriculture.
These eight students are:
• Blair Brookes of Kelseyville, who is attending Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a major in agribusiness;
• Megan Franco of Upper Lake, who will pursue an agricultural degree at University of California, Davis;
• Hailey Finch of Kelseyville, who will study animal science at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo;
• Wyatt Jones of Middletown, who is an ag engineering major at Reedley College;
• Riley Goff of Kelseyville, who will study business at Sonoma State;
• Victor Cacho of Kelseyville, who will attend Sacramento State;
• Kyle Ellis of Lower Lake, who will attend Santa Rosa Junior College; and
• Carli Mendonca of Kelseyville, who will attend Butte Junior College in the fall.
These eight students will be awarded a total of $5750 in scholarship money.
The Lake County Farm Bureau provided $5,250 that was raised at Celebration 2016.
Broc and Sharron Zoller of The Pear Doctor in Kelseyville generously donated an additional $500 to the 2017 Scholarship Program.
The Lake County Farm Bureau raises money for its scholarship program during the annual meeting dessert auction which is now in its sixth year.
Scholarship recipients are honored at the annual meeting and usually assist in the dessert auction activities. LCFB also hosts a raffle which benefits scholarships and other youth programs.
Celebration 2017 will be on June 29 at 5:30 p.m. at the Cole Creek Equestrian Center in Kelseyville.
There will be a wine social hosted by the Lake County Winery Association and a delicious barbecue dinner provided by and benefiting the Kelseyville FFA program.
Dinner will be concluded with a brief meeting of the members, announcement of the scholarship winners and the dessert auction.
The annual meeting celebrates Lake County’s agricultural community and supports the next generation of farmers, ranchers and agricultural professionals.
If you are interested in purchasing tickets for Celebration 2017 please contact Executive Director Brenna Sullivan at 707-263-0911.
Tickets are $35 if purchased before June 22.
The Lake County Farm Bureau is Lake County’s largest farm organization, representing more than 500 farm families and individual members.
It strives to protect and promote farming throughout Lake County and to find solutions to challenges on the farm and throughout the rural community.
