Leamington

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$10,000
Scholarships are awarded to undergraduate engineering or pre-engineering students who are enrolled full-time in a post-secondary educational institution and pursuing a Bachelor of Science or Engineering degree in a course of study that traditionally has been a preparatory curriculum for the HVAC&R profession.  Applicants must have a cumulative college Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 3.0 on a scale...

SMART Scholarships

Deadline: Dec 06, 2024
$38,000
The Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program, funded by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), is a unique education and workforce development opportunity for aspiring leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The SMART Scholarship Program offers two scholarship opportunities, the SMART Scholarship and the Ronald V. Dellums Memorial SMART Scholarship (Dellums SMART Scholarship).The SMART Scholarship...

$18,000
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant is one of the most prestigious grants available to emerging figurative artists, as well as one of the most substantial. It is one of the longest-standing, with an illustrious history of recipients spanning more than half a century. It is also unique in its scope, in that it is available to students and artists around...

Rubincam Youth Award

Deadline: Dec 15, 2024
$500
The Rubincam Youth Writing Competition was established in 1986 to honor Milton Rubincam, CG, FASG, FNGS, for his many years of service to the National Genealogical Society and to the field of genealogy. These awards encourage and recognize our youth as the next generation of family historians.The awards may be given annually to a student in either the junior category...

Burger King Scholars Program

Deadline: Dec 16, 2024
$60,000
Through the BK℠ Scholars program, we’ve awarded nearly $60 million to over 51,000 deserving students across North America. Our goal is to grant one scholarship for every BK® restaurant — that’s more than $7 million each year!Education is a key part of success, and we focus on bringing that to students in North America through our BK Scholars Program. The...

$20,000
For more than 40 years, the SME Education Foundation has been a leader in supporting the next generation of manufacturing and engineering talent. Our scholarship program awards millions of dollars to hundreds of graduating high school seniors and current college students pursuing an associate or bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, engineering or related discipline.With more than 60 distinct scholarship programs, the...

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The city of Leamington, Ontario is a municipality within Essex County. Leamington City has been dubbed the "Sun Parlour of Canada" and "Tomato Capital of Canada." Leamington City sits on the shores of Lake Erie and has an approximate population of 30,000 people. Alex Wilkinson was the very first official settler within the area, arriving within the city of Leamington around the mid-nineteenth century. The city of Leamington was incorporated as a village during the year 1876, and was well-known for its lumber. However, its economy and reputation grew when H.J. Heinz company came to the city of Leamingtong in the year 1908. Aside from giving a lot of jobs to the municipality, it likewise gave the area a reputation for its good tomato produce. Leamington was named Canada's best place to live by MoneySense magazine.

Leamington has a reputation for being one of the best places to go to for vacations. Its numerous attractions consist of the Point Pelee national Park and bicycle paths. It also has a modernized marina, with its water tower resembling a tomato. This water tower is visible for a several distances, and it is amongst the major attractions of the Leamington nowadays. The municipality prides itself as among the main producers of excellent tomatoes, and this could be supported by its "Tomato Festival" held every month of August as a kick-off in the tomato harvest season. The Tomato Festival is a by-product of the annual picnics which were held by the H.J. Heinz Company of Canada. When the yearly picnics ended, many of its citizens tried to think of other ways to celebrate the Municipality's unique resources - hence, the Tomato Festival started. The Festival's mainstays for the year 2009 consist of: the Pageant, Parade, "Tomato Stomp", Continuous Main Stage Live Entertainment and Golf Tournament, Custom Car Show and Festival Tent.

The reputation as the tomato capital of Canada, helped the H.J. factory to establish their base in the area. Numerous tomatoes are shipped from the city to the United States, where they get processed into ketchup and baby food. Agribusiness is rather a successful sector in Leamington City, owing to the areas favorable climate, fertile soil, and experienced owners and workers. Aside from this, Leamington is well-known for its greenhouses. These days, it has the largest number of commercial greenhouses in the whole of North America. The major products which result from this consist of flowers, roses, cucumbers, peppers, and tomatoes. In addition, Hydroponic farming has been a successful undertaking within the area. Migrant workers from Mexico and the Caribbean are the typical seasonal labourers within the farms and greenhouses, and as a result of this influx of lifestyle and culture, there are numerous Mexican and Jamaican stores which proliferate in the area. In the past, tobacco was an essential product within the region, however production declined during the 1960's.