Area Students Invited to Apply for WESTconsin’s Scholarship Program

WESTERN, WI— WESTconsin Credit Union is offering $1,000 scholarships for up to 15 high school seniors of the Class of 2025 as part of its Student Scholarship Program. The goal is to award one scholarship in each community served by a WESTconsin office. These areas include Altoona, Amery, Baldwin, Barron, Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Ellsworth, Hudson, Menomonie, New Richmond, Prescott, Rice Lake, River Falls and Spring Valley. Scholarship recipients will be announced in May 2025.

Online applications and instructions are available on WESTconsin’s website. Applications will be accepted starting October 1, 2024 through midnight on March 1, 2025.

Reminders:

• All applications must be submitted online. No hard copies will be accepted.
• Students must be a primary account holder with WESTconsin Credit Union as of August 31, 2024 to be eligible for this year’s scholarship.

WESTconsin has offered the Student Scholarship Program since 1995. To date, more than $365,000 in scholarship funds have been awarded to local western Wisconsin high school students to assist them in continuing their education. For more information regarding the scholarship program, contact the Service Center at (800) 924-0022 or visit westconsincu.org.

WESTconsin Credit Union has been serving members since 1939, and membership is open to anyone who lives or works in the Wisconsin counties of Barron, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Rusk, St. Croix, Sawyer, Taylor, Trempealeau, and Washburn, or the Minnesota counties of Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Isanti, Pine, Ramsey, Scott, Wabasha, and Washington, with a $5 minimum deposit in a Membership Savings Account. Credit unions are financial institutions owned by their accountholders, and member funds are federally insured by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) up to at least $250,000.