Youth & Education

WSBC Awards Scholarships

WSBC Awards Scholarships

 

   Allison Glunz of Osceola and Sara Hammer of Cuba City are the 2008 recipients of $500 post-secondary scholarships from the Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative.  The scholarships will be presented at the WSBC Annual Meeting on October 20 in Reedsburg.

   Glunz, 20, the daughter of Greg and Shelby Glunz, is a 2005 graduate of Amery High School, and she currently attends the University of Wisconsin – River Falls, with a major in computer science.  Her family owns a flock of about 30 registered Suffolks, and Glunz has been actively involved in daily farm chores as well as deworming, vaccinating, washing, shearing and fitting sheep.  As a 4-H member, she showed sheep for seven years, including at the Polk County Fair, Interstate Livestock Show and Wisconsin State Fair.  She received the Master Herdsman Award at the Interstate Show and was fourth place Premier Exhibitor at the Wisconsin State Fair.  She served as a youth leader for her 4-H club’s sheep project.

   Glunz has been highly involved with the Indianhead Sheep Breeders Association.  For the past year, she has served as editor of its newsletter and web master of its website, www.indianheadsheep.com.  She has served as the registration clerk for ISBA’s annual shepherds’ clinic for several years, and she works at the concession stand at the UW-River Falls sheep sale.

   When she graduates from UW-River Falls in two years, Glunz plans to work in an information technology- or computer programming-related field.  She also wants to continue working with ISBA’s newsletter and website.

   Hammer, 20, the daughter of David and Katherine Hammer, is a 2005 graduate of Benton High School, and she currently attends the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, majoring in anthropology and minoring in history.  She owns Knee Deep Lincolns and is a member of the National Lincoln Sheep Breeders Association, regularly attending its meetings and exhibiting at its national show.

   When Hammer first joined 4-H, she showed market lambs and Columbia breeding stock at local fairs, like the Lafayette County Fair and Belmont School Fair, and she showed fleeces at the Wisconsin State Fair open fleece show.  In 1997, she started showing Lincoln Longwool breeding stock at those shows as well as the open shows at the Iowa State Fair, Grant County Fair and Mississippi Valley Fair, plus the Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival and National Lincoln Show and Sale.  When she is not at school, she assists her parents with raising their flocks.

   When she graduates from UW-Oshkosh, Hammer wants to attend graduate school in library science or work for a museum or university in research or archiving.  After settling into a career, she wants to purchase a farm where she can raise a small flock of Lincoln sheep and further her involvement with the breed.

   WSBC scholarships are based on high-school activities in agriculture, community service, participation in breed or other sheep-organization activities and career goals.  The applicants or their families must be current WSBC members to be eligible for the scholarships.

 

Allison Glunz

 

Sara Hammer

 

Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative Scholarships

Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative Scholarships

 

YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS

The Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative will award up to four (4) $500 scholarships annually.

CRITERIA FOR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS

·        Parents or individual must be current members of the Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative

·        Must be a high school senior graduating in 2008 or college student age 21 or under.

·        Must be carrying or have carried sheep as an 4-H or FFA project.

CRITERIA FOR SELECTION

·        Summarization of 4-H/FFA project experience, leadership, honors and awards

·        Summarization of your sheep program

·        Participation in WSBC, breed or other sheep organizations groups

·        Future Goals and Education Plans

·        One letter of recommendation

If you meet the above criteria, please print the Scholarship Application form and submit the completed form to Eric Meudt, N6041 State Rd 89, Delavan, WI  53115 postmarked no later than June 15, 2008.  If you have questions concerning this scholarship, or if you would like a hard copy of the application form, please contact Eric Meudt at (608) 883-9936 or ericandjenny@meudtshowlambs.com.

 

2008 scholarships will be announced at the 2008 Sheep and Wool Festival to be held at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, September 5-7th, 2008.  All scholarships will be paid in January of 2009.  Winning applicants are required to submit a copy of their Fall 2008 semester transcripts and their Spring 2009 class schedule to:  Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative, 7811 N. Consolidated School Rd, Edgerton, WI 53534.  Scholarship checks will be sent after the information has been received.

 

Click here to download WSBC Scholarship Application Form

YOUTH ACTIVITY FUND PAYMENT GUIDELINES

Any Wisconsin state breed association, sheep organization or producer may request reimbursement from the Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative (WSBC) for educational or promotional events provided the following criteria are met:

1)                  The requesting organization must be a member of the WSBC.

2)                  The event benefits the sheep industry either through promoting sheep and/or sheep products or by educating youth about the sheep industry.

3)                  The request for monies needs to be made at least thirty (30) days prior to the event.  Requests are to be in writing, sent to the WSBC, and need to include, at a minimum, the following information:

a)                  The purpose of the event, including place and time;

b)                  The number of persons expected to be attending the event;

c)                  A statement about how or why the event promotes the sheep industry and/or educates the youth of Wisconsin;

d)                  The anticipated cost of the event, showing itemized expenses;

e)                  The amount requested for reimbursement;

f)                    Any other information which you feel will help the WSBC consider your request.

4)                  The WSBC will discuss the request at their next scheduled Board meeting and provide a written response.

5)                  The organization agrees to indicate sponsorship by the WSBC at the event and in their promotional/advertising materials.

6)                  WSBC reserves the right to accept or reject any request for reimbursement and amend the terms and conditions of these guidelines at any time.

7)                  Awards are specifically excluded from this program.

 

SUBMIT YOUR REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO:

Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative

c/o Jill Alf

7811 Consolidated School Road

Edgerton, WI   53534

 

For questions, call Jill Alf – 608-868-2505

Approved by the WSBC Board of Directors on March 8, 2003.

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