Claremont McKenna College
$5,000
4-H Scholarship
“I currently am a 4-H State Ambassador helping lead the way for the organization to a global stage. I have come a long way starting at 4-H at age eight when I thought I was just learning to train my dog. Thank you, Don Diego!”
UC Davis
$5,000
Employee Scholarship
“Working as a Camp Del Mar counselor during the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club’s racemeets helped me I became a more effective and independent leader. I plan to major in Engineering and will strive to increase the number of women and Latinas in the STEM field.”
MIT
$5,000
Exhibitor/Participant Scholarship
“I served as San Diego Youth Space Program project manager, where I led 20 students from seven high schools to design and build experimental modules sent to the International Space Station. I’ve learned that a positive attitude can make a seemingly insurmountable mountain into a conquerable hill.”
Montana State University
$5,000
Junior Livestock Auction Scholarship
“I have won Showmanship awards and Blue Ribbons in Meat Pen Poultry. In 2016, my chickens won 4-H Champion and Reserve Grand Champion honors. Experiencing the enthusiastic support of the community as I took my poultry across the auction block is something I will remember for a long time.”
The Don Diego Scholarship Foundation will offer a record total of a whopping $65,000 in 2017 college scholarships to 27 outstanding students who reside in San Diego County and have participated in the San Diego County Fair and/or other activities associated with the Del Mar Fairgrounds.
A unique holiday gift is a Legacy Brick. Not only does it honor your recipient, but it also raises funds for the Don Diego Scholarship Foundation.
A unique holiday gift is a Legacy Brick. Not only does it honor your recipient, but it also raises funds for the Don Diego Scholarship Foundation.
The Rancho Santa Fe (RSF) Foundation, a charitable giving organization renowned throughout San Diego County for impactful philanthropy that addresses an array of needs within communities, has donated the entirety of its college scholarship fund totaling in excess of $27,000 to the Don Diego Scholarship Foundation.
Read about the 2016 Don Diego Scholarship Foundation Gala in Ranch and Coast magazine.
In today’s “digital industrial” world of smart devices and robotics, with self-driving cars on the horizon, Don Diego Scholarship Foundation’s Vocational Education (Voc Ed) scholarships address a need that may appear surprising: skilled manufacturing and technician jobs. Why? Because human beings are needed to build the machines and write the code that enables them to operate.