A couple of Central Alberta girls have been recognized province wide, as well as received scholarships for 4H.

Leah Trenson from Rimbey, Ashley Ganske from Millet and Ketelyn Imbery from Stettler all received some cash to go towards their future studies.

Ganske, who grew up with the 4H programs, says she is in college for education.

“I’m working towards a bachelor of education so I can become a teacher,” she explains, “I noticed in our community with such a small high school, I recognized the need for more teachers and what they could do to help a small community.”

The 2018 Elmer and Ona Hansen Memorial Fund Scholarship is the largest monetary scholarship in 4-H Alberta’s history and they say it was a tremendous success.

Ganske says the entire program has helped make her education and career become a success.

“It’s a really big part of who I am, it’s where I made all my friends, it’s taught me so much about how to be a good leader, and how to work hard and how to be a good public speaker, basically everything I needed to know to be a functioning human essentially.”

They say they granted a total of $80,000 to 10 youth last fall, including Ganske, who received $5000.  

Alberta rural farm youth 25 years of age and younger can apply for the scholarship, if they have completed high school, and if they are enrolled as a first-year student at an acknowledged post-secondary institution.