The Richard H. Townley Scholarship is available exclusively within the SWANA Central California Sierra Chapter. To qualify, applicants must be either graduating from high school in the spring or currently a freshman at a junior college or four-year college/university and continuing their college education. In addition, the scholarship candidates must be the son, daughter, grandson, or granddaughter of a member in good standing in the Central California Sierra Chapter of SWANA. Scholarship recipients will be provided a complimentary one-year student membership in SWANA.

Sierra Chapter’s Scholarship application process is integrated with SWANA International’s Category I, Grant H. Flint International Scholarship Awards Program, therefore, one application is used for both. However, Sierra Chapter does not require submittal of SAT/ACT or Achievement Test Scores or a letter of acceptance from an accredited institution. Read the application instructions closely prior to submittal.

The 2022 application deadline has passed and the Sierra Chapter Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce that Jayson Lopez is this year's recipient of the R.H. Townley Scholarship! Sierra Chapter also nominated Jayson for the Category 1 - Grant H. Flint Scholarship. Congratulations, Jayson; a very deserving and hard-working student who wants to make a difference!