Congratulations to GROWMARK Ontario scholarship winner, Kim Hooey!

Kim Hooey, Ontario GROWMARK Summer
Intern and Scholarship winner. 

Kim Hooey, one of Ontario's 2012 GROWMARK Summer Interns was also one of 41 college and university students from Ontario, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Pensylvania and Wisconsin to receive a GROWMARK scholarship at the GROWMARK Annual Meeting in Chicago on Aug. 31.

This summer, Hooey worked at Lucknow District Co-operative as a crop intern and was in charge of implementing a new agronomy/accounting software program for the co-operative. 

Kim Hooey is now in her fourth year at the University of Guelph and will graduate this year with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture Ag Honours. Kim is also very active in 4-H completing close to 30 projects. She sits on her local 4-H Association and recently completed a term as the Ontario youth representative on the Canadian 4-H Council's Youth Advisory Committee. She is a member of the Bruce County Junior Farmers' Association club and has completed full terms as president, secretary and provincial director.

GROWMARK invests in future talent by providing more than $44,000 in scholarships annually and has been supporting college and university students with scholarships since the early 1960s. Today, they are awarded to students majoring in agriculture or accounting at 16 universities and colleges throughout Ontario and the United States.