Applications for the Putāruru Veterinary Club Scholarships will open on 1 June 2024.
The Geyser Community Foundation is honoured to manage the scholarships on behalf of the former Putāruru Veterinary Club Trust, who re-settled its funds and established an endowment fund with Geyser in 2022.
Trust spokesperson, Mary-Ann Mathis said the fund’s purpose, now safeguarded for the future by the Geyser Community Foundation, is to provide scholarships to students from the South Waikato District to assist with the costs of studying veterinary sciences, agriculture or other disciplines that will benefit farming.
“Students must live or have lived for at least five out of the last 10 years in the South Waikato District and immediate surrounding areas serviced by the former Putaruru Veterinary Club.”
“The areas serviced by the former Putaruru Veterinary Club include Putaruru, Tirau, Tokoroa, Mangakino, Whakamaru, Tirohanga, Waihaha and Atiamuri or the rural delivery of these areas.
“The Putaruru Veterinary Club set up the original fund to encourage new vets into the area in the 1940s.
“In 2006, the Trust was formed to look after the remaining assets of the Putaruru Vet Club and provide scholarships to local students.
“More than 80 local students have received assistance in past years.
“In 2022, we decided to close the trust and transfer the assets and their administration to Geyser Community Foundation.
This ensured the continuation of the Trust’s objectives forever.
Geyser is responsible for the administration, investment, compliance and governance of the Fund.
“Trustees will continue to be involved in choosing scholarship recipients for as long as we wish.
We are so excited to be re-launching the scholarships and working with Geyser to assist more students with the costs of studying veterinary sciences, agriculture or other disciplines that will benefit farming in our local area.”
For criteria and an application form go to: https://geysercf.org.nz/get/putaruru-veterinary-club-education-scholarship/
Applications close on 30 June 2024
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For more information please contact:
Annette Burgess
Executive Officer
Geyser Community Foundation
Telephone 07 349 7496
Mobile 0274 308 876
Email annette@geysercf.org.nz
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