“The cities will never stop needing the country.” That’s one of the quotes from Rebecca Grose’s essay in her application for the 2011 CKNX Radio Farm Advisory Board (FAB) bursary.
The essay was one of the factors that led to the selection of the Alma-area student as this year’s bursary winner from an impressive list of 18 applicants.
Grose is a student at Kemptville College in the agriculture – equine option program. Her resume includes 64 4-H clubs, work in community groups and a strong interest in equine therapeutic riding programs.
Grose says her long-term goal is to have her own therapeutic riding operation. She says the impact that kind of a program can have on handicapped young people is amazing.
She’s also continuing her love for 4-H with plans to become a junior leader in the coming year to add to her long-time involvement with that organization.
The $1,000 CKNX Radio FAB bursary is awarded annually to a student from midwestern Ontario in a post-secondary, agriculture-related program.
The bursary recognizes community involvement, contributions to agriculture and an interest in and desire to be part of the provincial agriculture industry.
