Scholarships

Pioneer Kiwanis

The Pioneer Community Kiwanis Club offers scholarships to students who attended Pioneer Schools or live in the Pioneer School District and will graduate or earn a GED by July 1.

The scholarships are for college, technical schools or trade schools. Applications are available in the counseling offices at all three high schools in the Shelton School District — Cedar, CHOICE and Shelton — and at North Mason High School.

For more information, contact Lee Strohm at leeswoods51@gmail.com.

Yesteryear Car Club

The Yesteryear Car Club is offering a vocational/technical scholarship to any Mason County high school senior graduating in 2025 and planning to pursue a vocational or technical education in the automotive trades.

The selection will not be based on grade point average, but on the student’s passion for automobiles. Applications should include name, address, phone number, high school attending, parent/guardian information, and name and address of your school of choice. Also submit a written statement about yourself, your choice of vocation or trade, activities in school and the community, volunteer work, hobbies, work experience, future plans and anything else you feel is important.

Also include two letters of recommendation and your transcript verifying that you are graduating. One letter must be from a teacher, the other from someone of your choice.

Submit your application and paperwork to Lori Shipman, Scholarship Chair, P.O. Box 1802, Shelton 98584. For more information, contact her at 360-463-3543 or Shipmanlori@yahoo.com.

Harstine Island Theatre Club

The Harstine Island Theatre Club will award a $500 scholarship.

Eligible applicants must be high school graduates living in Mason County who are enrolled full time at an accredited college, university or school of theater arts or related field. The scholarship committee will review the previous training of all applicants and their experience in theater arts or related areas of study.

Scholarship application packets are available at Shelton, North Mason and Mary M. Knight high schools and Olympic College. Completed applications are due Aug. 1 and should be mailed to Scholarship Committee Harstine Island Theatre Club, Dee Ann Meacham, P.O. Box 1054, Shelton, WA, 98584.

Notification of the scholarship is usually made by Aug. 15. The recipient will receive the money when the first quarter of college work is successfully completed.

Mason County EDC

The Mason County Economic Development Council, in partnership with the Thurston County Center for Business and Innovation, is offering scholarships for the Business Enterprise Startup Training (BEST) and Quickstart e-commerce programs.

The scholarships are provided through funding from the Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council and seek to support new businesses in Mason County.

BEST consists of five online, on-demand courses that teach new entrepreneurs how to write a business plan, structure and license their business, start branding and marketing their business, protect their intellectual property, and gain basic accounting knowledge to help their business thrive.

Quickstart is an e-commerce training program in partnership with TheWMarketplace, designed for women-owned businesses with an existing online presence such as a website or on social media. Upon completion, participants will receive a certificate and gain access to TheWMarketplace platform, hoping to expand their reach and enhance their business visibility.

Interested Mason County entrepreneurs are encouraged to apply for a scholarship first as funds are limited. After submitting the scholarship application, applicants will be contacted by the Center for Business and Innovation Training, which will provide access to the courses along with no-cost access to business plan writing software.

To apply for a scholarship, go to https://center-for-business-innovation.teachable.com/p/edcmason or call the Mason County Economic Development Council at 360-426-2276.

For more information, email Tiana@choosemason.com or call the Mason County EDC office.