PROVINCIAL WINTER FAIR AWARD OPPORTUNITIES
Bud Hallstrom Memorial Award
The Bud Hallstrom Memorial Award was created to provide post-secondary financial assistance to current 4-H members and 4-H alumni who are exhibiting projects at the Provincial Winter Fair.
The Hallstrom family is passionate about the 4-H program and the life-long benefits it provides to its members.
Today, Bud’s grandchildren are carrying on that same passion for the 4-H program at the Provincial Winter Fair.
Requirements:
Applicants must be registered at an accredited post-secondary institution. (Proof of registration will be requested from the selected recipient.)
Applicants must be registered exhibitors at the 2024 Provincial Winter Fair.
Applicants must be current or former 4-H club members.
Preference will be given to students in the medical field.
A short interview may be conducted at PWF if multiple candidates are eligible and express interest in the award. The Hallstrom family or selected parties will conduct these interviews during the PWF.
Applications must be emailed to the PWF Scholarship Committee (
pwfscholarship@gmail.com) on or before 2 September 2024.
The $750 award winner will be announced at the 2024 Provincial Winter Fair Banquet.
Provincial Winter Fair Scholarship Award
The Provincial Winter Fair (PWF) Committee is pleased to announce an annual award in the amount of $1000, thanks to the generosity of our sponsors and silent auction buyers. We are committed to presenting the award for the years (2022, 2023, and 2024), provided there are qualified applicants, and will reassess for future years based on sponsorship and the growth of the fund.
Anyone wishing to donate to the fund can do so at the BC Interior Community Foundation, to the Provincial Winter Fair Award Fund.
Members can win this award only once.
Applicants who meet the following criteria are encouraged to apply:
Have completed high school and enrolled in a post secondary institution in year of application for example enrolled in post secondary for current school year as of September of the fair to win at current PWF)
Must be a current PWF exhibitor in 4-H or Open division in year of application
Must be a current or previous 4-H member
Must have been PWF Exhibitor for three of the five years prior to year of application
Award to be selected by an ad hoc committee appointed by the PWF Committee based on the following criteria:
4-H achievements and participation
PWF involvement
Scholarship (based on high school and post secondary [if applicable] transcripts)
School and community involvement
Completed applications must be emailed to pwfscholarship@gmail.com on or before 2 September 2024.
The $1000 award winner will be announced at the 2024 Provincial Winter Fair Banquet.
The Hickey Family Citizenship Award
Thanks to the generous support of the Hickey Family.
The Citizenship Award in the amount of $500 will be awarded at the Provincial Winter Fair Sunday evening Banquet.
Each club leader is to consult their members and nominate one senior member from another club who has demonstrated citizenship, leadership, and helpfulness throughout the fair.
All nominees will be recognized and entered into a draw for the $500 award.
There is no limit to the number of times a member can be nominated, but can only have one entry in the draw and can only win once.
Deadline for Clubs to Drop Off Nomination Forms is Noon on Sunday of the Fair.
2024 LEVERE LAMB AWARD
Sponsored by Levere Livestock, Knutsford BC
This award goes to a member currently exhibiting a 4-H sheep project at this year's fair and the winner is determined by a combination of aggregate points and a panel interview (during the PWF) in which they answer the questions why they should win the lamb and what is their plan for the lamb.
The lamb will be a ewe lamb born in 2025 and must be exhibited as a 4-H female project for the ensuing three years (unless the member ages out, in which case it must be shown open). A member can only win this award once.
Thank you again to Dána and Randy Levere at Levere Livestock for this generous donation! At least one of these ewe projects has gone on to be the Supreme Champion Ewe at the PWF!
The deadline for members to drop of their award form is Noon on Saturday of the Fair.
The award winner will be announced at the 2024 Provincial Winter Fair Banquet.