Mountaire Farms scholarship applications due March 4

Mountaire Farms, the country’s fourth-largest chicken processor, has dozens of $2,500 scholarships available for the children and grandchildren of employees, poultry growers and grain producers. The deadline to apply is Monday, March 4.

“We’ve opened up the application earlier this year to give families the ability to make the important decisions about attending college,” said Clark “JR” LaPearl, director of Mountaire Cares. “We love this program because it’s rewarding to be able to help our own families, whether that’s our employees, or our grower partners and grain producers. At Mountaire, we’re one big family.”

To be eligible, a student’s parent or grandparent must be employed by Mountaire Farms, or grow broilers, breeders or grain at a 10,000-bushel minimum for Mountaire. Applicants must enroll as full-time college students carrying a minimum of 12 credits per semester in the current school year.

Successful applicants must be involved in extracurricular activities in their schools and communities. Preference will be given to an industry-related course of study. A copy of the student’s transcript must be attached to the application.

Students can apply at mountaire.com/scholarships/annual-mountaire-scholarship-program.

The company will be announcing scholarship winners in April, and hosting events for the recipients and their families this summer.