Appaloosa Horse Association of Alberta

YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP FUND

  2003 Scholarship Recipient

All applications due on or before September 30

The Appaloosa Horse Association of Alberta (AHAA) has available one $500 scholarship each year for an AHAA member to assist him/her with the financial costs of post secondary education at an accredited institution.

Scholarship selection is based upon involvement in the AHAA and Appaloosa industry, scholastic aptitude, leadership potential, sportsmanship, and community and civic responsibility.

Basic eligibility:
tCurrent member of the AHAA
t Has been a member of the AHAA for at least three consecutive years prior to application.
t Has been accepted into a post secondary institution
t Has a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3 on a 4.0 scale or 4.5 on a 6.0 scale.

Complete applications with all attachments must be received by the AHAA no later than September 30. Applications received after this date will not be considered.

The recipient is chosen from among all applications received each year. The AHAA Board of Directors will select the recipient. The scholarship recipient will be notified by November 1 of his/her selection. The scholarship recipient will be officially announced at the Alberta Appaloosa Annual Awards dinner in November.

Each application is reviewed by the AHAA Board of Directors. Applications will be evaluated based upon the following criteria: 40% based on the applicant’s current and recent past involvement with the AHAA and the Appaloosa Horse industry; 30% based upon the applicant’s family’s current and recent past involvement with the AHAA and the Appaloosa Horse industry; 20% based upon grade point average; 5% based upon extra curricular equine activities; and 5% based upon extra curricular school and community activities.

The overall quality of the applicant’s scholarship application including completeness, neatness and information may be considered in choosing a recipient.

A scholarship is to be used within one year of the date of the award. The scholarship will be paid in two parts. A cheque for $250 will be mailed to the scholarship recipient upon completion of the first semester and achieving a minimum 2.5 GPA; and a second cheque for $250 will be mailed upon completion of the second semester and achieving a minimum 2.5 GPA.

A recipient of an AHAA scholarship may apply for a scholarship in subsequence years.

Unsuccessful applicants are welcome to apply the following year, if eligible.

Please send completed application with attachments to:

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2003 Scholarship Recipient

The Appaloosa Horse Association of Alberta presents an annual scholarship to a deserving member to help with the costs of his or her post-secondary education. Eligible applicants are reviewed by the current Board and a recipient is chosen. The young lady receiving the $500 scholarship this evening has been a member of the AHAA since 1999. Although he dad and ‘stepmom’ are very involved with the Appaloosa Horse Association of Alberta and you will recognize the family name, you probably do not personally know this young lady. If you were at the Spring Classic and Canadian Classic shows the past couple of years, you may remember her friendly face in the show offices. She is in her third year of a Bachelor of Science program at Memorial University in St John’s, Newfoundland where she has a 3.94 grade point average or in simpler terms, an 87% average. She is involved with volunteer activities on and off the Memorial campus including the Student Newspaper as a writer and layout designer; Project Green, a campus environmental group; and while home in British Columbia for the summer, volunteered at the Columbia Valley Botanical Gardens. This year’s recipient of the AHAA scholarship is not present today as she is currently in a student exchange program on the French islands of St. Pierre-Miquelon off the south coast of Newfoundland. Her dad will accept on her behalf. It is with great pleasure that I am able to announce that MARGERY PAZDOR is the 2003 recipient of the AHAA Scholarship.