Two $1,000 scholarships will be given to students who live on our lines, but attends a school outside our service area. Examples of schools include (but not limited to):

• Altoona
• Black River Falls
• Coulee Region Christian 
• Eau Claire Memorial 
• Eau Claire public schools
• Eau Claire Regis
• Homeschool
• La Crescent
• La Crosse Aquinas
• La Crosse public schools
• Melrose-Mindoro
• Onalaska Luther
• West Salem
• Winona private and public schools
• Other

Two recipients per school will be chosen in a random drawing at the Riverland Energy Annual Meeting on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at the Arcadia High School in Arcadia, Wisconsin. The pancake breakfast will be at 8:00, the meeting will start at 10:15 a.m. The student or the student's parent or guardian must be present to win. 

Completed entries must be returned to any of our Riverland Energy Cooperative offices by 4:00 p.m. on March 15, 2023.  Forms can also be e-mailed to Beth Alesch at balesch@riverlandenergy.com

At-Large Application

Riverland Energy offers two Line Worker Scholarships of $1000 each to individuals pursuing a post-secondary education in an electrical line worker program. The applicants must be a senior from one of the high schools listed below.

Eligible schools:

• Alma
• Arcadia
• Blair-Taylor
• C-FC
• Durand
• Eleva-Strum
• Holmen
• G-E-T
• Gilmanton
• Independence
• Mondovi
• Onalaska
• Osseo-Fairchild
• Whitehall

Two recipients per school will be chosen in a random drawing at the Riverland Energy Annual Meeting on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at the Arcadia High School in Arcadia, Wisconsin. The pancake breakfast will be at 8:00, the meeting will start at 10:15 a.m. The student or the student's parent or guardian must be present to win. 

Payment will be made upon completion of the first quarter or semester of college, vocational, or technical school.

Completed entries must be returned to any of our Riverland Energy Cooperative offices by 4:00 p.m. on March 15, 2023.  Forms can also be e-mailed to Beth Alesch at balesch@riverlandenergy.com

Line Worker Scholarship

Three $750 non-traditional scholarships are awarded to non-traditional students at schools of higher learning. This will be awarded to someone returning to university or technical college after spending a minimum of 3 years in the workplace or raising a family. To be eligible, you or your spouse must be a member in “good standing” and a bona fide resident of the Riverland Energy Cooperative service territory. 

Other Qualifications for the Non-Traditional Scholarship are:

• Recipients will be chosen in a random drawing at the Riverland Energy Cooperative Board of Director's Meeting from all completed and verified applications.
• The recipient must have maintained a 2.0 or better grade point average during their current quarter or semester of post secondary education.
• The recipient must be enrolled in a course of study leading to an associate or bachelors degree.
• The recipient must be enrolled with a minimum of 5 credits and be in good standing at the school they are attending.
• The awarding of a non-traditional scholarship will be limited to a one-time award. After receiving a scholarship, the individual would not be eligible for future awards.

The disbursement of non-traditional scholarships will be awarded after all qualifications are met with receipt of transcripts and verification of enrollment as listed above.

Application deadline is March 15, 2023.

Non-traditional Scholarship Application     

Annually, the Federated Youth Foundation accepts applications for the Charles Van Sickle Scholarship. This $2,000 scholarship will be awarded to a pre-law or law student who has an interest in cooperative law. The scholarship is made possible by an endowment established in 2013 to honor Wisconsin’s renowned electric cooperative lobbyist and attorney, the late Charles Van Sickle. The scholarship will be awarded during the Spring 2021 semester.
 
All applications are due at the Federated Youth Foundation office no later than April 2, 2021. Applications received after April 2, 2021 will not be considered. Send applications to: Federated Youth Foundation, PO Box 148, Baraboo, WI 53913-0148.

Application