March 1 is the entry deadline for several KEHA contests, scholarships, and grants. All details and  requirements can be found in the KEHA Manual at https://bit.ly/ManualKEHA. Be sure to submit your entries on time and to the correct address/email. For questions regarding any of these opportunities, contact the officer or chair listed in the Manual.

KEHA Contests – Entries are sent to the respective chairpeople who oversee the contests, as noted in the KEHA Manuel. Contests include:

• Creative Writing: Poetry, Memoirs, Short Story (KEHA Manuel pages 40-41) - Due to Cindy Moore, Cultural Arts & Heritage Chairperson, 2707 Sunnyside Road, Eminence, KY 40019, cjrn1@bellsouth.net.
• Adopt-A-Highway Awards (page 54) - Due to Rhonella Chaffin, Environment, Housing & Energy Chairperson, P.O. Box 1057, Louisa, KY 41230,  rhonella61@yahoo.com.
• Food, Nutrition & Health Contests and Ovarian Cancer Fundraising (pages 64-65) - Due to Esther Bailey, Food, Nutrition & Health Chairperson, 304 Somerset St., Stanford, KY 40484, hadasah5@hotmail.com.
• Homemakers Support 4-H (pages 69-70) – Due to Peggy Tracy,  4-H Youth Development Chairperson, 241 Bethlehem Road, Paris, KY 40361, peggytracy@att.net.
• International Contest and Awards (page 76) – Due to: Tammy Alford, KEHA International Chairperson, 165 Oak Ridge Road, Morgantown, KY 42261, tamalford@att.net.
• Community Volunteerism Awards (page 91) – Due to Cyndy Humble, KEHA Leadership Development Chairperson, 1687 Tebbs Bend Road, Campbellsville, KY 42718, HumbleC@msn.com.
• Family and Individual Development Contest (page 58) - Due to Amelia Godfrey, Family & Individual Development Chairperson, 625 Main St. Apt. 102, Paintsville, KY 41240,  Meme6968@yahoo.com.

KEHA Grants – KEHA offers two grant opportunities. Grant proposals/applications are due to KEHA 2nd Vice President Martha E. Colley, 204 Desert Inn Ct., Hopkinsville, KY 42240, marthaky3@live.com.

• KEHA Development Grants provide areas and counties with the opportunity to obtain funding for projects. Applications must be submitted by KEHA members. The guidelines and application form are included in the KEHA Manuel, Handbook section, pages 110-114, and on the KEHA website at www.keha.org. Applications must be sent by certified mail and postmarked by March 1.
• KEHA Mini Grants for Study or Research may be submitted by KEHA members, FCS agents, or FCS specialists. These mini grants are for up to $500 for study or research. The guidelines and application form are included in the KEHA Manual, Handbook section, pages 107-109, and on the KEHA website at www.keha.org. Applications must be submitted by March 1.

KEHA Scholarships – KEHA provides two educational scholarship programs with applications due March 1. Send applications to the KEHA Leadership Development Chairman Cyndy Humble, 1687 Tebbs Bend Road, Campbellsville, KY 42718, HumbleC@msn.com.

• Evans/Hansen/Weldon Scholarship is open to any full-time student attending a college or accredited undergraduate program in Kentucky and majoring in a Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Environment Science degree program. Details and the scholarship application are included in the KEHA Manuel, Handbook section, pages 97-101 and at www.keha.org.
• KEHA Homemaker Member Scholarship is open to KEHA members with a minimum of 3 years of active membership. The scholarship may be to any college or university as well as for a trade or technical school. It is intended for students pursuing their first degree or certification. Details and the scholarship application are included in the KEHA Manual, Handbook section, pages 102-105 and at www.keha.org.