ALSA Youth Scholarship Fund
We are inviting High School Seniors, who are ALSA members to apply for one of two scholarships provided by the ALSA Youth Scholarship Fund. Scholarships will be awarded in May and recognized again at the ALSA Grand National Championship Show held in October.
If you are interested in applying, please complete the Application Packet following the requirements listed in the Application Overview. You will need to pay close attention to all requirements and directions for this scholarship.
Applications must be postmarked no later than March 15th of this year.
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Application Packet
Use each button to access all information related to completing your Youth Scholarship Application. All forms must be postmarked by March 15th in order to be eligible to win.
Application Requirements
All scholarship applicants MUST be a current ALSA Youth Member, a High School graduate in the year they apply for the ALSA scholarship, and no older than 19 years of age at the time of application.
The applicant MUST plan to attend a higher education through an accredited institution within a year of the application. All applicants MUST meet the listed requirements in order to be eligible to receive one of the two available ALSA Youth Scholarships.
- Applicants MUST be submitted by U.S. Mail.
- All applications, recommendation letter, and responses MUST be postmarked by March 15th or before. Any application without that postmark date stamp will NOT be considered.
- Applicants MUST fill out the scholarship application completely and it must accompany the responses and recommendation letters in order to be considered for the scholarship.
- The order of the packet shall be; Application Form, Checklist and Confirmation Page, Response Questions, and 2 Recommendation Letters.
- Recommendation Letters should exclude relatives and include; an individual in your educational background and an individual familiar with your llama and alpaca related events.
Mail Applications To:
In order to complete and submit your application all documents must be mailed to Kim Kyst with a postmark date stamp of March 15th or before.
Applicants with questions can contact Kim Kyst via email at kim@kyst.org. Questions asked by anyone other than applicant will NOT be accepted or answered.
Kim Kyst
Attn: Youth Scholarships
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1561 Galilee Church Rd.,
Jefferson, GA 30549
Application Next Steps:
Each year we receive many incredible applications. We are continually overwhelmed by the amazing accomplishments of the llama and alpaca youth of ALSA. After your application has been received, this is what you can expect from the ALSA Youth Scholarship process:
- Applicants will receive an email within 5 business days confirming that their application has been received.
- Applicants who did not meet the above requirements will be notified that they will not be considered for the scholarship.
- Scholarship winners will be notified by May 15th.
Good luck to all of the youth who send in applications.
Become A Program Sponsor
As many of you may already know, our Youth Scholarship Program is funded by donations. Each year ALSA gives out two scholarships to two ALSA youth members. As time goes on, donations are unfortunately declining and we need your help.
We are currently looking for annual donations from you, the llama and alpaca community, to help keep this program moving forward. Otherwise, we will not be able to continue this valuable and important program.
We encourage you to become a program sponsor. Please email the ALSA office for additional information on how to make a donation to the program. All donations, regardless of size, are greatly appreciated.
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