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Golden Plains Insurance annual educational scholarship announced

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Golden Plains Insurance takes pride in unveiling its annual scholarship initiative for the academic year 2025-2026. This scholarship, valued at $2,000, aims to support a promising high school graduate from the class of 2025 who aspires to pursue higher education, be it in academic or vocational fields, with a particular emphasis on those intending to major in agriculture-related disciplines.

Guidelines for this scholarship are as follows:

  1. Recipients must be attending college on a full-time basis for the 2025-2026 Academic
  2. school year and be enrolled in an accredited degree program.
  3. The recipient will be chosen by Golden Plains Insurance on the basis of the following
  4. application and required documents. (Financial need is not a requirement.)
  5. An emphasis for the scholarship will lean more towards (but not limited to) a student
  6. developing a career in agriculture.

Prospective applicants can obtain application forms from any of our four offices:

Golden Plains Insurance - Lamar

PO Box 1196

311 S. 5th Street

Lamar, CO 81052

Golden Plains Insurance - Springfield

PO Box 247

27925 US Hwy 287

Springfield, CO 81073

Golden Plains Insurance - Walsh

PO Box 549

508 N. Colorado St.

Walsh, CO 81090

Golden Plains Insurance – Rocky Ford

17500 Co Rd Y

Rocky Ford, CO 81067

Additionally, the application is accessible on our website, www.goldenplainsinsurance.com.

Completed applications may be submitted via mail to teresa.chamberlain@goldenplainsinsurance.com or in-person at any of our offices between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

The deadline for submission is close of business Friday, April 18, 2025, at 5:00 p.m.

The following must be included with your application:

  • Official high school transcript.
  • Three (3) letters of recommendation from an instructor, counselor, or coach.
  • Autobiographical statement of why you would be a good candidate for this scholarship and what your educational and long-term career goals are.

The competition for these scholarships is consistently strong, and we find great joy in supporting the educational endeavors of deserving students.