Scholarship Committee Connection

Welcome!

This page is dedicated to sharing program updates, materials, and notes of gratitude from recipients with scholarship committee members.

Thank you for your valuable contribution to the success of this important program.

Committee Member Timeline

Review a timeline of committee activities in 2025. On all matters related to the scholarship program, please contact Jackie Nakashian, RD.

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Applications were due February 7, 2025. A copy of each application form was included in your application review packets for your reference.

Media Features

See which publications and outlets shared commission scholarship program updates with their readers.

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News Releases

A news release is distributed in the fall to announce scholarship availability. Following recipient selection, a second news release in early-summer introduces the scholarship recipients and includes a brief biography, photo, and video interview.

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Prior Year Recipients

Hear from the 2024 Field Worker, Field Worker Bridge, and Agricultural scholarship recipients.

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Recipient Gratitude

A scholarship from California’s table grape growers supports students embarking on a journey of higher education. The commission is happy to share letters of thanks from recipients and graduates.

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DID YOU KNOW...

At a crop value of $2.3 billion in 2023, California table grape growers harvested more that 77 million boxes of grapes, sending them to shoppers worldwide.

California grapes are your local grapes! 99% of the commercially grown table grapes in the United States are grown in California.

Grapes from California are available May through January.

Grapes are considered berries, with an average of 100 berries on a bunch.

If left alone, a grapevine will spread 50 feet or more.

One of the most popular Chinese tongue twisters (chi putao bu tu putao pi) means, “When you eat grapes, don’t spit out the skin.” Turns out that’s a good piece of advice! Grapes are a source of beneficial phytonutrients, which are found in the skin as well as the flesh and seeds of the grape. One of the most widely known phytonutrients, resveratrol, is being studied around the world for a vast array of promising potential health benefits.

There are 200+ recipes on our website to help inspire your next meal, snack, or dessert.

A Spanish tradition called “the twelve grapes of luck” dates back to 1895 and consists of eating a grape with each bell strike at midnight on January 1. Many believe this leads to a year of prosperity.