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Gifted Fund InformationCarol Lavell Gifted Fund
The Gifted Fund was established at The Dressage Foundation "To provide funding support for Adult Amateur Dressage riders who are working to sharpen their skills." Scholarships of $900 will be offered in 2008, up to nine scholarships in 9 USDF regions. Should a scholarship NOT be awarded in a given Region, the money will remain in the Gifted Fund at the Foundation. If more than one exceptional application is received in a region, the Gifted Fund Selection Committee may award an additional scholarship in that region. PLEASE READ ALL INFORMATION PAGES AND PRINT OUT FOR YOUR FILE. Do not include this with your application. The objective of the Gifted Fund is to enable the adult amateur rider and their horse(s) to set aside time to take some concentrated work with a trainer, for an extended concentrated amount of time, away from the pressures of job and family, to spend a week or more just to bond with their horse; to have the time to feed them, graze them, give them a spa bath, or just stand around in the stall with them, and to give the rider and horse concentrated time with their trainer. We require the recipient to own the horse he/she will train with. This scholarship is NOT meant to be used with a horse that is not the rider's own team-mate. This scholarship is meant for the adult amateur to have the opportunity to be in an extended training situation that is not readily available during the course of your daily pattern. We do not intend this concentrated time to include clinics, camps, or symposiums. The model we look for is a training program of 5-7 consecutive days, with the same trainer, with your team-mate horse! We are looking for thinking riders, with strong volunteer backgrounds, who want to work on their riding in a situation that is normally unavailable to them because of their other obligations. It is a requirement that recipients of the Gifted Fund, 1) write an article for The Dressage Foundation for use on the Foundation website, and for the Foundation's use in other publications. The Foundation will forward your article to your GMO newsletter. 2) In addition to the written report, we also require that the recipient arrange to give a verbal report at a GMO meeting as soon as possible after their training is complete. An initial $700 of the scholarship will be sent when the recipient and trainer confirm date of the training; the balance in the amount of $200 will be sent when the article to The Dressage Foundation is received. Please read the following carefully before you begin to work on the Gifted Fund ApplicationA complete application package will consist of two personal information sheets, and a two-page list of 10 items you need to address with detailed information. We do not put a space or page limit on your answers, but keep to the theme of the item you are answering. Check off each item on page 2 as you complete it, to ensure that you have completed all items. DO NOT SKIP ANY ITEM. Double-check your work to be certain that you have answered the questions that have several parts! Key in your presentation on a computer, or TYPE if you do not have computer access. If you have neither computer nor typewriter, PRINT. If you print your answer by hand use lined paper, and ink not lead pencil. When you make the required 6 copies of all your material, we need to be able to read a good black ink product. And if you print, please be legible! If we can't read your work, we can't accept your application. Use only white copy paper (20# weight), NO COLORED OR TEXTURED PAPER. For your presentation, send us ONLY the material we have asked for. Do not put your application material in binders of any kind. Required: Staple all pages together in a set. We will need six sets. We will not accept video material. We will not accept your application material by fax, or email. Recommendations are to be sent with your application material. Do not ask your recommendation writers to send them to the Foundation. All application material is to be sent to: The Dressage Foundation After the Scholarship Selection Committee has made the decision, we will notify the recipient from each region, as well as those who were not selected at this time. A press release will be sent to the recipient's GMO, and be featured on Foundation website at www.dressagefoundation.org
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Carol Lavell Gifted FundApplications for the 2008 Carol Lavell Gifted Fund, for training in 2009 are due in The Dressage Foundation office on or before Friday, September 12, 2008.READ information BEFORE application. Recent News |
