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Scholarship

The Zonta Club of Yakima Valley awards a Young Women in Public Affairs Scholarship each spring to a senior girl from one of the Yakima Valley high schools. We have been awarding this scholarship since 1997.

Young Women in Public Affairs

In January each year, Zonta Club of Yakima Valley begins accepting applications for the local Zonta scholarship, through the Young Women in Public Affairs program. This scholarship of $2,000 is given to one outstanding senior girl from one of the Yakima Valley high schools each spring. The money may be applied to studies at any community college or four year college.

Applicants are asked to provide written answers to five questions:

  1. Student Activities
    Describe your student activities and the leadership role you play in them. Please include what you find most rewarding or valuable about your participation in these activities.
  2. Community Service Activities
    Describe the activities that you participate in, that benefit your community. Why did you select these activities?
  3. International Awareness
    Describe the activities that you participate in and the ways that you seek to understand other countries, with their different customs and ways of life!
  4. Status of Women in the USA
    a) What do you see as the most important problem(s) (no more than 2) limiting the advancement of the status of women.
    b) What do you think could be done about it?
    c) If you had the power to make one change to help women achieve better equality, what would that change be?
  5. Status of Women Worldwide
    a) What do you see as the most important problem(s) (no more than 2) limiting the status of women worldwide?
    b) What do you think could be done about it? Include your opinion about the role of international organizations like the UN, with the help of the NGOs worldwide, and/or the input of each individual woman.

The Zonta Scholarship Committee sends letters to the counseling office of each local high school, encouraging them to get the word out to the seniors. Applicants are screened by a committee of Zonta members who are provided with specific criteria to assist in the consistent evaluations of the responses to the written questions.

The recipient of the Yakima Valley Zonta Club Scholarship is also entered in a competition for the District 8 scholarship which is for $1,000.

Download the Scholarship Application [ MS Word version 1.50 MB] [ PDF version 189 KB]

Deadline for submission of the application is March 1st.

Status of Women Scholarship Recipients

The following young women from Yakima Valley high schools received the Zonta Status of Women in Public Affairs scholarship in recent years:

Recipient
Year
High School
Amount
Shannon St. Lawrence
1996
Davis
$500
Kristin Simms
1997
Davis
$500
Stephanie Larson
1998
Highland
$500
Carissa Hauck
1999
West Valley
$1,000
Emily Garrigues
2000
Naches
$1,000
Monica Beireis
2001
Naches
$1,000
Rachel Howie
2002
Selah
$1,000
Julie Jewett
2003
Highland
$1,000
Tara Trepanier
2004
Selah
$1,500
Hannah King
2005
Naches
$2,000
Emily Fairbanks
2006
Eisenhower
$2,000
Kathryn Moffatt
2007
Zillah
$2,000
Hannah Clauson
2008
Davis
$2,000
Sarah Lee
2009
Selah
$2,000

 

Zonta Club of
Yakima Valley

P.O. Box 234
Yakima, Washington 98907-0234