Calendar for Scholarships

Application Time Table for Scholarships

All Scholarship applications will be made available by March 15th each year.  Applications must be received in the office of the Fillmore County Development Corporation by 5:00 pm on April 15th.  (See the mailing address in A Note to:  below).   Application guidelines will mailed out to each of the school districts.  If you need more please make copies or print a copy from this website.  A link to each scholarship guideline is under the description below.

A Note To:
Superintendents,
Principals, and
Guidance Counselors

Types of Scholarships to apply for

Six General Scholarships will be awarded to Fillmore County seniors.  Two scholarships will be awarded to Fillmore Central seniors, two will be awarded to Exeter-Milligan seniors, one scholarship will be awarded to a Shickley senior and one at-large general scholarship will be awarded to a Fillmore County resident who is graduating from an area high school not located in Fillmore County. 
See the General Scholarship Guidelines to print details.

One Historical Essay Award will be given.  Competition is open to all graduating seniors residing in Fillmore County.  In recent years the chances of receiving this award were better than one in three.  Please encourage your seniors to submit an essay.
See the Historical Essay Award Guidelines to print details.

One Four-year Scholarship, $500 per year for four years totaling $2000.00 will be awarded to a graduating senior who resides in Fillmore County and intends to return to Fillmore County.  As a part of the application, be sure the student indicates that the Four-year Scholarship is being applied for (last year an applicant that would have qualified for the Four-year Scholarship did not receive the scholarship because there was no indication that he applied for it).  The Four-year Scholarship is to encourage students to return to live and work in Fillmore County after furthering their education.  Should the recipient of the Four-year Scholarship not return and reside in Fillmore County for four years after their education is complete, the funds will be required to be refunded interest-free at the rate of $500.00 per year.  See the Scholarship Guidelines for details.
See the Four-year Scholarship Guidelines to print details.

The committee will be looking for above average students, who are active in their community, display a good work ethic, and project realistic goals.  Favorable consideration is given to volunteer activities.  Class ranking is not a priority.

Please collect all the applications from your respective school and return them in one package to:
Patt Lentfer, 1032 G Street, Geneva, NE  68361-2007. 

The application deadline is April 15th.  The selection committee meets only once and late applications will not be considered.

The Selection Committee will meet and notify you of the recipients by mail.  The award notification is to be presented to the winner at a time and place you deem to be appropriate.

If you have any questions, please contact Patt at 759.4910.