JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — FCS Financial recently selected 34 recipients for their Scholarship Program who will each receive a $1,500 scholarship to assist with the cost of higher education. Since 2004, more than $720,000 has been distributed through the FCS Financial Scholarship Program. The program is designed to encourage and support higher education for children and grandchildren of FCS Financial members.
“FCS Financial’s Scholarship Program provides essential funds to support Missouri’s youth on their journey to continue their education,” says David Janish, CEO. “As a cooperative, we are dedicated to supporting our member-owners. This scholarship will help ease the burden of their children and grandchildren as they find success and develop leadership skills that will be valuable for rural Missouri and agriculture in the future.”
Those receiving an FCS Financial scholarship for 2021 are:
Blake Hamelink, Aurora
Austin Redhage, Beaufort
Jenna Stark, Brookfield
Grant Adkins, Burlington Junction
G. Hunter Oliver, California
Shaye Siegel, California
Katie Keilholz, Chamois
Emma Kapp, Clarksdale
Katie Basham, Cowgill
Macy Barber, Elsberry
Morgan Brockmeier, Hale
Heidi Hingst, Hermann
Mason Locke, Houstonia
Braxton Wikoff, Hume
Victoria Washburn, King City
Joseph O’Bannon, Madison
Jenna Hasekamp, Madison
Ethan Fort, Martinsburg
Grant Norfleet, Mexico
Andrew Bailey, Montrose
Lindsay Eye, Montrose
Abigail Miller, Olean
Blake Barnett, Palmyra
Schyler Angell, Paris
Avery Hall, Paynesville
Blake Matteson, Pilot Grove
Michael Dieckmann, Sibley
Alexis Plackemeier, Silex
Alison Braun, St. Mary
Kaitlin Kleiboeker, Stotts City
Brock Boland, Sweet Springs
Grant Knipmeyer, Sweet Springs
Kennady Estes, Warrenton
Trey Tipton, Wheeling
The 2022 Scholarship Application will be available at www.myfcsfinancial.com by September 1, 2021.
FCS Financial serves 102 counties through 21 branch offices in Missouri and is a member of the Farm Credit System. The system is a nationwide network of cooperative lending institutions that provides credit and financial services to farmers, ranchers, rural residents and agribusinesses. With more than 100 years of agricultural lending experience, the Farm Credit System is the largest single provider of agricultural credit in the United States.
— FCS Financial
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