Tinmouth Community Fund Continuing Education Scholarship AND
the Pam Garceau Memorial Scholarship AND
the Susan McIntosh Lloyd Memorial Scholarship
The Tinmouth Continuing Education Scholarship awarded its first grants to two seniors in June of 2012 and has awarded scholarships every year since. In 2023, $17,500 was awarded to 7 students.
The Continuing Education Scholarship is for college or learning after high school. The application is hosted on Google Forms; complete yours HERE, With this form, you will automatically receive an email with your responses and have the ability to edit your application if needed. If you do edit your submission, don’t forget to submit before the application deadline, April 1st at 1:159PM. Here is the scoring rubric to help you craft your application. A committee of townspeople reviews the applications and scores them using the rubric.
The Susan McIntosh Lloyd Scholarship was awarded for the first time in 2019. This is a grant of up to $1,500 to support continuing education in music, forestry or agriculture. This award amount is often split between more than one applicant. A college student studying in any of these areas could apply for this scholarship which is included in the Continuing Education Scholarship Application. Citizens of all ages could apply for this scholarship to fund music lessons, forestry training such as The Game of Logging, the Master Gardener course or other learning related to these three topics. This is for learners of all ages. The citizen application can be found HERE.
If you are a Mill River graduating senior or equivalent, you are also eligible to apply for the Pam Garceau Memorial Scholarship which is an additional essay in the scholarship application. This is a $2,000 scholarship.
If you need help filling out the application or have questions, please email or call us. We are here to help. Contact us by email. All applications for scholarships are due by 11:59pm on April 1st and scholarships will be awarded in May or June.
Tinmouth Continuing Education Scholarship Eligibility:
1. Must be a current resident of Tinmouth, Vermont.
2. Must be accepted at an institution of higher learning (2 or 4 year college) or a program offering advanced study beyond high school including trade schools, or other intensive learning opportunities.
3. Anyone can apply for a grant. Priority is given to those who have not received grants in the past, but everyone is encouraged to apply for every year of study.
Deadline for filing applications is April 1st.
The Tinmouth Continuing Education Scholarship Fund is building its endowment through the generous support of Tinmouth donors and the Tinmouth Plant Sale which donates its proceeds to the Community Fund annually.
Wouldn’t you like to remember the Scholarship Fund in your will? Please contact the Tinmouth Community Fund or our partner, the Vermont Community Foundation for more information on how to support this great learning opportunity for Tinmouth scholars.