Expand the Impact of the 2024 Rural Gone Urban Foundation Scholarship Program

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Written By Brooke Taylor, Board Chair

In the first 48 hours of the 2024 Rural Gone Urban Foundation Scholarship season, we received an overwhelming response from our community. With 50 completed applications and an impressive 994 applications in progress, it's clear the need for support among brave and strong women in rural communities is greater than ever.

To ensure we can award scholarships to as many deserving individuals as possible, we're calling on our generous donors to join us in expanding the impact of this year's scholarship pool. With your support, we can make a meaningful difference in the lives of even more aspiring students, empowering them to pursue their dreams of higher education and beyond.

How You Can Help:

Make a Donation Online: By making a donation online, you can conveniently contribute to the scholarship fund and help us reach our goal of awarding more than 10 $1,000 scholarships this year. Please note there is a 2.9 percent increase for online donations to account for processing fees, but rest assured that all donations will directly support the scholarship fund.

Download and Mail Your Donation: For those who prefer to donate by check, you can download the printable donation form and mail your contribution along with the completed form. Donations must be received by April 13, 2024, to ensure they are included in this year's scholarship pool.

Administration fees are already accounted for in our 2024 budget, which means admin fees will not be applied to these donations.

Act Now to Make a Difference

The deadline for scholarship applications is April 13, 2024, and we need your support to ensure we can award scholarships to as many deserving individuals as possible. Your generosity has the power to change lives and create opportunities for bright futures.

Join us in empowering brave and strong women from rural communities by making a donation today. Together, we can make a meaningful impact and shape the future of tomorrow's leaders.

Thank you for your generosity and support.

About The Rural Gone Urban Foundation Scholarship

The Rural Gone Urban Foundation Scholarship program aims to empower brave and strong women from rural communities to pursue their educational goals. Scholarships are awarded in increments of $1,000, with the goal of expanding opportunities for deserving individuals who demonstrate resilience and determination.

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Open to female students from rural communities across the United States.

  • Applicants may any traditional or non-traditional student accepted to or currently enrolled in a traditional college or university, trade school, or professional training program.

  • No GPA requirements; emphasis placed on work ethic excellence and financial need.

  • Preference given to applicants demonstrating financial need and a history of work ethic excellence.

  • Applications must be submitted by the deadline of April 13, 2024, for consideration.

Join us in empowering the next generation of leaders by supporting the Rural Gone Urban Foundation Scholarship program. Together, we can make a lasting impact on the lives of brave and strong women across rural communities.

Brooke Taylor, Board Chair

Brooke Clay Taylor is the founder of the Rural Gone Urban Foundation, a nonprofit born from her belief in supporting women who are tough as nails—women who don’t let the weight of the world break them.

A ranch girl at heart and a toddler mom, Brooke’s life has been anything but ordinary. Raised on a farm in Indiana, she learned early on that life isn’t fair, but it’s worth fighting for. At six, she lost her dad to colon cancer. By junior high, she traded her small-town roots for life on a cattle ranch in Oklahoma, and by high school, was already proving the world wrong when a guidance counselor deemed her “not college material.”

Brooke’s journey hasn’t been a straight line. After over a decade working in agriculture marketing with internationally recognized brands, she bet on herself and started her own business from the ground up, with just one client and a lot of faith. In 2019, when she gave birth to her daughter, she was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer. After a season of intense treatment, she was declared cancer-free, but life threw her a curveball when cancer returned in 2022 for round two. And yet, through every challenge, she’s never had to face it alone.

Brooke believes that while you can do a lot on your own, it’s the people in your corner that make the difference. It was this belief that led her to launch the Rural Gone Urban Foundation in 2022, a place for women in need of support—whether they’re pursuing education, building businesses, or battling cancer.

As a self-proclaimed “B student” and a mom to a 5-year-old, Brooke wants women to know they’re worthy of support, regardless of their GPA or their business’s current state. Her foundation is here to help women write their own stories of strength, resilience, and success.

In Brooke’s world, there’s no such thing as too much support—whether you’re in the ring with cancer, starting a business, or just trying to make it through another day.

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