NC Strawberry Association Scholarship Opportunity

The NC Strawberry Association is offering two $1000 scholarships. The intent of this scholarship is to promote future leadership in the strawberry industry. The scholarship is open to:

• **high school seniors or current college students
• **applying, accepted to, or currently enrolled in  a land grant university.
• **interested in or having declared a major in a program of study directly related to the strawberry industry (For example, small fruit production, marketing, food science, nutrition, entomology, agronomy, etc).

Two Scholarship Awards of $1000 each are offered for 2013. The number of awards will be determined based on applications received. This award is not limited to North Carolina. Family members of NC Strawberry Association members are encouraged to apply. Previous award winners may reapply for a second year's award.

The deadline for 2013 applications is May 1, 2013. 

Click here to visit the Strawberry Association's website that has essential information and the application form.

Alleghany 4-H Plant Sale

It is time for the Alleghany 4-H 2013 Plant Sale.  Help us send local 4-Hers to summer camp & other fun 4-H activities.  Click here for the link to see what we are offering and to print your plant description / order form.  

All orders are due by Friday, March 15, 2013 and payment is due at the time the orders are placed. 

Please contact us at 336-372-5597 if you need more information.

Setting Financial Goals

Would you like some help in achieving your financial goals?  The Dollar Decisions Blog has a new article titled: Goal Setting: Ending up where you want to go that offers some very helpful advice.  To learn more, click here.

The Produce Lady

The February edition of The Produce Lady newsletter is now available.  Click this link (The Produce Lady) for the printable pdf version.