{"id":312150,"date":"2026-10-22T20:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/312150\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T20:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:02:07","slug":"the-great-allentown-fair-foundation-accepting-scholarship-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/312150\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Allentown Fair Foundation Accepting Scholarship Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALLENTOWN, Pa. \u2014 The Great Allentown Fair Foundation, Inc. is now accepting applications for high school seniors interested in pursuing college-level education in the upcoming 2027-2028 term. Students are encouraged to apply for our scholarships and submit their completed applications before 5:00pm on Friday, April 2, 2027. Additional information, including the application and submittal process are posted at: <a href=\"http:\/\/AllentownFairFoundation.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AllentownFairFoundation.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a wonderful opportunity to reward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.morningagclips.com\/tag\/education\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">students<\/a> that would like to pursue agriculture,\u201d says Ibolya Balog, Great Allentown Fair Foundation Trustee and Scholarship Committee Chair.<\/p>\n<p>The Great Allentown Fair Foundation readily accepts donations to support initiatives like these, and donation information is also available at: <a href=\"http:\/\/AllentownFairFoundation.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AllentownFairFoundation.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Agriculture has long been, and continues to be, a major driver of Pennsylvania\u2019s economy \u2013 and its largest industry \u2013 providing over $84 billion in direct economic output and supporting over 280,000 jobs. The field of agriculture is diverse and has opportunities everywhere: from growing crops to rearing animals; from organics, sustainability, and farm-to-table, to canning, wine making and wool production.<\/p>\n<p>The Great Allentown Fair Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization chartered in 2019, as a charitable organization founded by supporters of the Lehigh County Agricultural Society. The mission of the Great Allentown Fair Foundation is to provide philanthropic opportunities through grants and charitable donations to preserve, enrich, and advance agriculture. For additional information about the Great Allentown Fair Foundation, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/AllentownFairFoundation.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AllentownFairFoundation.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2014Great Allentown Fair Foundation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. \u2014 The Great Allentown Fair Foundation, Inc. is now accepting applications for high school seniors interested&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,227],"class_list":["post-312150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}