Scholarships / Loans

Shasta County 4-H Council Scholarship

Due to the 4-H Office by Friday, March 14, 2025

4-H Council Scholarship Application - 2024-25

Eileen Washburn Memorial Scholarship 2024-25 (textiles, clothing, sewing or fashion design)

Due to the 4-H Office by Friday, March 14, 2025

Luz Martinez Scholarship 2025  (interest in breeding ewes)

Due to the 4-H Office by Friday, March 28, 2025

Shasta County Farm Bureau Scholarships

Due by Wednesday, March 8, 2024

Shasta County Cattle Women's Scholarship

Due by Monday, April 15, 2024

Redding Grange Scholarships 2024

Due by Monday, May 20, 2024

Shasta County Cattlemen’s Association Memorial Youth Lending Program

The Shasta County Cattlemen’s Association Memorial Youth Lending Program provides no-cost loans of up to $1,800 to Shasta County youth who wish to purchase, show and sell cattle at the Shasta District Fair in 2025.

Application materials can be found at Shasta County Cattlemen’s Association website: https://shastacountycattlemen.org

For more information, go to the website or email:   shastacattlemen@gmail.com.

Applications must be received by U.S. mail or email by October 15 @ 5 pm.

Cornerstone Community Bank Livestock Project Loan

Cornerstone Community Bank has offered livestock project loans to FFA & 4-H members in Tehama county in the past.  Once again they’re extending the loan program to Shasta County 4-H & FFA members. 

The member’s parent/guardian should review the information first.  Contact Shelley or Tomi in the Red Bluff branch at 530-529-1222 to set up an appointment to drop off your loan paperwork or if you have any questions.

4H & FFA Loan Application Package

Young Stockraisers Insurance App

Walt Johnson Memorial Beef Project Revolving Fund

Walter H. Johnson served as the University of California Cooperative Extension Livestock Farm Advisor/County Director in Shasta County from 1962 until he retired in 1988.  Walt spent most of his career conducting range and beef cattle research with the cooperation of beef cattle producers.

When Walt died in 1997 a fund was established in his memory through which college scholarships were funded.  In 2020 Walt’s sons approached the Fall River-Big Valley Cattlemen’s Association to use the funds to establish a program to help youth purchase beef project animals (steers) that would be exhibited and sold at the Inter-Mountain Fair.

Process and Procedures:

The funds and application process are handled by the Fall River-Big Valley Cattlemen’s Association

The upper limit on the funds provided will not exceed the market value (average price at Orland Livestock Commission Yard) of an 800-900 lb commercial feeder steer in the fall, plus $200 (recognizing that sometimes breeders need to charge a little more for selling project animals to youth).  This no-interest loan will be repaid to the Association when the student receives their check after selling at the Jr. Livestock Auction.

Open only to applicants qualified to exhibit at the Inter-Mountain Fair in 2025.

Applications will be sent to appropriate 4-H Leaders and Vocational Agriculture Instructors in October.  They are due to Larry Forero by December 15, 2024.

Applications will be reviewed, and recipient(s) determined by a committee appointed by the Fall River-Big Valley Cattlemen’s Association Board of Directors, soon after December 15th.

For information associated with this revolving fund, please contact Larry Forero at 530-224-4900 or lcforero@ucanr.edu.