Hoe and Hope Student Scholarships

Hoe and Hope Garden Club feels education is important.  Students majoring in horticulture, environmental science, agriculture, landscape design, forestry or related fields may apply for Hoe and Hope scholarships in February each year.  The club will award two scholarships in 2020—a $1,000 scholarship to a junior, senior or graduate college student and a $500 scholarship to a student graduating from high school in 2020. For qualifications and applications, please see below.

Scholarship Recipients For 2019-2020:

The 2019-2020 Hoe & Hope College Scholarship award for $1500 went to Gus Gill of Merino, CO. Gus is a senior at Colorado State University, pursuing a degree in Agricultural Education. He was actually chosen as the winner of this scholarship last year, but had to decline it due to being awarded a full ride scholarship from CSU! Gus was an exceptional candidate, with accolades including being a state officer for the Colorado FFA (Future Farmers of America), an ambassador for the CSU college of Agricultural Sciences, a CSU Honors student, an intern for the National Western Stock Show Sponsorship and Education Department and serving in the CSU FarmHouse Fraternity, among many others. His goal is to be an agricultural education and FFA advisor in secondary education. Kudos to Gus!

 What a challenge it was to choose just one winner from the 18 high school scholarship applicants! These kids were amazing. The $500 scholarship this year went to Logan Kuskie of Longmont! Logan is attending Minnesota State University at Mankato where she is studying biology with an emphasis in biomedical science. She plans to continue on to grad school and pursue a career in healthcare. Logan was very involved in school activities at Lyons Middle/Senior High, (track & field, state champion pole vaulter, Student Body Secretary and National Honor Society to name a few), has extensive community service (Lyons Garden Club, Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center, and Habitat for Humanity Rebuilding St. Vrain just for starters), and carried a perfect 4.0 GPA while concurrently working as a Physical Therapy Assistant and Receptionist and babysitting on the side! Logan is a not just an obviously hard worker and dedicated athlete but shows herself to be a young woman of truly upstanding character, as confirmed by her letters of teachers and employers. Best wishes for your future Logan!

Because the Hoe and Hope Garden Club feels education is important, the club will award two scholarships in 2020—a $1,000 scholarship to a junior, senior or graduate college student and a $500 scholarship to a student graduating from high school in 2020. Following are the eligibility requirements and applications for these two scholarships.