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Regional scholarships

Many regional scholarships can be located by searching the web using key words like "northern california," sierra nevada," or "sacramento area," among others.

Some regional scholarships are not listed on any website anywhere. Ask parents and other relatives about professional organizations or clubs they are involved in that may be offering scholarships.

Below is a list of the regional scholarships that we've heard about this year:

2010 Air Force Association, Chapter 116 of Sacramento
2010 American Assoc of Family & Consumer Sciences, North Central District
2008 American Iris Society, Region 14
2010 California Eastern Star Foundation
2010 Italian Catholic Federation
2010 The Links Incorporated, Sacramento Chapter
2010 MetroPCS Scholarship
2010 Miss El Dorado / Miss Teen El Dorado Scholarship Competition
2010 Northern Calif. Cherry Blossom Festival
2010 Que Llueva Cafe
2010 Sacramento PC Users
2010 Sacramento State Alumni Association plus instructions here
2010 Schwab Rosenhouse Memorial Scholarship
2010 Society of Women Engineers - Sierra Foothills Scholarship
2010 Sons of Italy, Grand Lodge of California (if you're eligible for this one also look at the Gold Country Lodge Scholarship on the "edc" scholarships website)
2010 Women's Transportation Seminar Sacto Chapter - Will Kempton Scholarship
2010 Women's Transportation Seminar Sacto Chapter - CalTrans Scholarship

Also check out the Sacramento Regional Foundation website for some other awesome regional opportunities!!!

As we become aware of more 2009/10 regional scholarships, we will add them to the list. Also remember to listen to the daily bulletin!

And here are some from previous years. Be on the lookout for the new 2010 info ...
2009 Balanced Man Scholarship (Sac State)
2009 California Association of Collectors
2008 Caltrans District 3 Scholarship
2009 Northern Calif. Golf Association
2009 Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) Scholarships
2009 Portuguese Historical & Cultural Society
2009 Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Scholarship
2009 University of Nevada, Reno - Nahas Endowment

2008 American Subcontractors Assoc. Capital City Chapter
2008 Sacramento Tahoe Chapter, Society of American Foresters