Friends of the Fair

Friends of the Fair is seeking applications for its college scholarships. You must be a resident of Solano County and majoring in an ag-related field and attending (or have been accepted to) a California college. FRIENDS OF THE FAIR P.O. Box 242, Dixon, CA 95620...Continue reading

FRIENDS OF THE FAIR P.O. Box 242, Dixon CA 95620 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 2021...Continue reading

2020 News Release: Five Dixon or Vacaville students seeking agricultural careers are sharing $10,000 in college scholarships from the Friends of the Dixon May Fair. The organization, the service-oriented and fundraising arm of the fair, annually awards scholarships to Solano County residents majoring in an agricultural-related field at either a four-year university or a two-year community college in California. Since 2003, the Friends of the Fair, headed by president Donnie ...Huffman of Vacaville, has bestowed $210,750 in college scholarships. Carrie Hamel, scholarship chair, announced that Kyle Esquer of Dixon, a student at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), is the 2020 winner of the top scholarship, the $3000 Ester Armstrong Scholarship Award. Linzie Goodsell of Dixon, a student at California State University, Chico, won the $2500 JoAn Giannoni Scholarship Award. At the community college level, Vacaville resident Jared Tanaka, scheduled to attend Modesto Junior College this fall, won the $1500 Jack Hopkins Scholarship. Other recipients of Friends of the Fair scholarships this year are Maya Prunty of Vacaville, a student at the University of California, Davis, $2000; and Haylee Hoffmann of Dixon, a student at Modesto Junior College, $1000. The deadline to apply for the 2021 awards is March 1. Application packets must be postmarked no later than 5 p.m. on March 1, 2021, and mailed to the Scholarship Committee, Friends of the Fair, P. O. Box 242, Dixon, CA 95620. Here are the 2020 scholarship recipients: