ECA Scholarship Application Deadline April 17: Lincoln County Extension and Community Association, Inc. (ECA) is offering a $1,000 scholarship to High School seniors in each of the four local high schools. Forms are available on our website, https://lincoln.ces.ncsu.edu/, the Guidance Counselors at each high school or from the NC Cooperative Extension office, 115 West Main St., Lincolnton. The deadline date for applications is April 17, 2020. For more information, call Cooperative Extension at 704-736-8461.

Qualifications and criteria include:

• All students are eligible to apply, however priority will be placed on applicants who are pursuing a career in Family and Consumer Sciences (health or food and nutrition, child development or early childhood development), agriculture, natural resources, forestry, 4-H, community and resource development, or other fields closely identified with the program areas of the NC Cooperative Extension Service.
• Academic achievement, activities and financial need.
• Applicants must be residents of North Carolina and attending a North Carolina College or Community College.
• Must be currently attending a High School in Lincoln County.