Salmon Foundation taking applications for trades scholarships
BARRE – The Salmon Children’s Foundation is offering two $1,000 scholarships for high school grads pursuing a career in the trades or attending trade school
Applications are due April 15 and Jim Salmon will award the scholarships on his radio program on May 4. Salmon, a resident of Barre, has hosted the WHAM Home Repair Clinic on 1180 for 34 years.
The Salmon Foundation will award one of the scholarships for a resident of Orleans County and one more for the rest of the surrounding counties which Genesee, Monroe, Ontario, Wayne, and Livingston.
“This is our first scholarship for the trades only,” Salmon said. “For the last 10 years we have done a general scholarship.”
Salmon shifted the focus to trades this year.
“With a commitment to empowering the next generation of skilled workers, we believe in the importance of investing in individuals who are dedicated to mastering a trade and contributing to their communities,” the Foundation states about the scholarship.
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