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Student Scholarships
Castro Valley Sanitary District (CVSan) developed the CVSan Environmental Leader in Waste Reduction Scholarship in 2013. The scholarship recognizes students who have helped their school reduce waste by utilizing the tenets of the 4Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rot. With this scholarship, CVSan hopes to foster environmental stewardship and leadership and to encourage students to take action in bringing environmental awareness to their schools.
Download the CVSan Environmental Leader Student Scholarship application for the 2023/24 school year here.
NEW: You can also fill out the application online (attachments will need to be submitted to contact@cvsan.org separately).
Applications must be received by CVSan no later than 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 9, 2024, no exceptions.
2022/2023 CVSan Scholarship Winners:
CVSan is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022/23 CVSan Environmental Leader in Waste Reduction Scholarship: Agata Fedorowicz and Amelia Johnson!
Agata Fedorowicz has demonstrated her commitment to environmental leadership with her community work. She is currently a Cleaner and Greener Staff and a Gleaning Volunteer with ForestR.org while going to school at Castro Valley High School (CVHS). With the opportunity at ForestR, Agata has been working on litter pickup, land restoration, and fruit harvests in our community. Agata also creates unique artwork depicting her interpretation of how life on Earth may look when humans are long gone. The artwork shows the impact that climate change and waste could have on the environment and animals. Agata’s scholarship application essay described what environmental stewardship means to her:
Environmental stewardship to me, means taking an active role in doing what you can to be kind to the environment and showing others, by example, that each one of us can make a difference.”
Amelia Johnson has demonstrated her commitment to environmental leadership with her work at CVHS and in the community. While a student at CVHS she serves as an Environmental Commissioner for Leadership. Amelia has also volunteered for the last two years at the Oakland Zoo working on habitat restoration in the giraffe and bear exhibits. Amelia is involved in the community as a counselor for sixth grade students this school year for Outdoor School, teaching students about ecosystems and the importance of the environment. Amelia has also helped CVHS start up a food sharing table where any food not taken by the end of lunch is donated to the school’s Wellness Center. Johnson’s scholarship application essay describes what environmental stewardship means to her:
We need to lead people to treat the environment with more respect. Environmental stewardship is important to me as it is our future.