Hi Central Valley birders,

After a hiatus last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down our symposium and much of our fundraising we are happy to announce that the Central Valley Bird Club is back to awarding youth scholarships to help teen birders go to birding camps. 

Thanks to the generous support of our members as well as fantastic contributions from Yolo, Altacal, and Sierra Foothills Audubon Societies we've been able to send a lot of kids to camp over the years. 

The Club is now accepting applications for David Yee Youth Scholarships for the Summer 2022 camp season. If you are a young birder between 12-18 years old check out this great opportunity. If you know a young birder that needs a scholarship to camp pass along this information.

The instructions to sign up for the scholarship (applications can be mailed or sent via email) are here:  http://www.cvbirds.org/youth-scho…/scholarship-instructions/

Read about the camp experiences of previous recipients at the bottom of this page: 
http://www.cvbirds.org/youth-scholarship-fund/

Examples of the camp experiences eligible for the scholarship include Hog Island Audubon Camp (https://hogisland.audubon.org/programs/mountains-sea-birding-teens) and ABA Youth Birding Camps (https://www.aba.org/camps/).

Applications are due to me by February 15th, 2022. Sorry for the late notice this year. If you have any questions please contact me.

If you aren’t a young birder but you’d like to support the scholarship fund by visiting our website and using the red donate button in the upper right. CVBirds.org  

Thanks and good birding,

Cliff Hawley

Youth Scholarship Coordinator

Sacramento, CA