First Fruits Marketing of Washington has created a new scholarship open to employees and immediate family members of employees of First Fruits Marketing of Washington, Broetje Orchards, Columbia Valley Fruit or Congdon Orchards. Applicants may be high school seniors, undergraduate or graduate students. The award may be used at any accredited two- or four-year community college, technical institution, university or graduate school. Successful candidates must have a deep commitment to the Core Values of First Fruits Marketing of Washington: love, community, respect, compassion and purpose. Two $2500 scholarships.

The 2012 WAEF Scholarship Application is now available on the website.  Please be sure to read the scholarship descriptions first to ensure you are eligible to apply prior to completing the application form.  Two applications are posted: printable and interactive PDF.  The printable form can be handwritten or typed.  The interactive form allows you to fill-in the form electronically, print and mail it. 

Please contact us if you have questions or need assistance.

Good luck!

We're excited about sending 151 students off to college this fall with WAEF scholarships.  This summer we had an opportunity to celebrate with students and look forward to hearing their stories of college adventures in the coming months.

Now that the new school year has arrived, we are preparing scholarship packets for mailing to high school counselors in tree fruit districts.  Packets include the new 2012 application, promotional poster, and invitation to schedule scholarship training for hgh school seniors.  These packets will arrive to schools by September 10th.  Scholarship training seminars this year are available in the months of September, October and November.  We would like to see students prepared to work on scholarship applications over the holiday break.

To schedule a scholarship training seminar, contact Shellie Faulconer at (509) 663-7713 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The new 2012 Scholarship Application will be available on this site September 10th.

Announcement of 155 scholarships occured this month!  139 students received a portion of the approximately $425,000 awarded in scholarships by the tree fruit industry this year.  Join us to meet the students!  Scholarship Celebration Luncheons occur July 25th in Wenatchee and August 1st in Yakima.  You must pre-register to attend.  Learn more...