Sidney B. Meadows Scholarships Available

Jennifer Zurko

The Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund has announced it’s now accepting scholarship applications for the 2015 awards. Horticultural students who are eligible are encouraged to apply for this year’s scholarship awards. Eligibility requirements and the application are available from the fund’s website at www.sbmsef.org.

The deadline for application is May 29, 2015. The Scholarship Selection Committee will make final selections by July 1, 2015 and recipients will be notified soon thereafter. Awards will be made on July 22, in Atlanta, during SNA 2015.

Danny Summers, Executive Vice President of the fund said, “Last year, the fund awarded a total of $18,000 to 12 students. This year, we expect to again award approximately 12 $1,500 scholarships. We are very proud of our accomplishment in building the fund over the past 26 years. Since its inception, the fund has awarded over $455,000 in scholarships, and today, the fund’s balance is over $850,000.”

Created in 1989 by the Southern Nursery Association (SNA), the Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund is a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation providing academic scholarships to horticulture students in the 16 southeastern states.

For more information, contact the Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund, P.O. Box 801513, Acworth, Georgia, 30101, (678) 813-1880, fax (678) 813-1881, www.sbmsef.org or info@sbsmsef.org. GT