{"id":604,"date":"2017-12-04T20:30:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T20:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/?p=604"},"modified":"2017-12-04T20:30:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T20:30:38","slug":"zepko-audubon-camp-scholarship-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/zepko-audubon-camp-scholarship-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Zepko Audubon Camp Scholarship 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Zepko Audubon Camp Scholarship 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) is pleased to announce that through the great generosity of one of our founding members, George W. Zepko , \u00a0we now are offering one Zepko Audubon Camp \u00a0Scholarship in 2018 to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders.\u00a0 When George was a teenager, he received a scholarship to the Audubon Camp of Maine (now known as the Hog Island Audubon Camp), which started his life-long interest in birds and natural history.\u00a0 He has made it possible for COA to offer a similar opportunity to new generations of birders and naturalists.<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 scholarship will cover the full cost ($1,395.00) of the Coastal Maine Bird Studies for Teens program at National Audubon\u2019s Hog Island camp during the week of June 17-22, 2018. The cost includes housing, boat travel, and all meals. The scholarship recipient will be responsible for the cost of transportation to and from the camp.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants must be a Connecticut resident, ages 14-17, and must submit a written application and two letters of reference. Preference will be given to applicants with individual or family COA membership. To be considered a member, an applicant may join the club at the time of application.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-content\/uploads\/Combined-Young-Birder-Scholarship-Application.pdf\">Download the application by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Completed applications and references must be received by the COA by January 31, 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zepko Audubon Camp Scholarship 2018 The Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) is pleased to announce that through the great generosity of one of our founding members, George W. Zepko , \u00a0we now are offering one Zepko Audubon Camp \u00a0Scholarship in 2018 to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders.\u00a0 When George was a &#8230; <a title=\"Zepko Audubon Camp Scholarship 2018\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/zepko-audubon-camp-scholarship-2018\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Zepko Audubon Camp Scholarship 2018\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_crdt_document":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[78,84,77,80,17,79,44,81,83,82,76],"class_list":["post-604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-audubon","tag-award","tag-camp","tag-children","tag-coa","tag-connecticut-ornithological-association","tag-education","tag-kids","tag-maine","tag-teach","tag-zepko-audubon-camp-scholarship","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":992,"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions\/992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctbirding.org\/testsite1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}