N.C. Apple Festival Opens Honor To Homeschoolers

"Apple Ambassador" also receives $2000 scholarship

From the Hendersonville Times-News:

The board [of the N.C. Apple Festival] met recently and decided to modify the process for selecting an apple ambassador, Festival Director David Nicholson said. In the past, each guidance counselor at area high schools selected two names, which were forwarded to the festival’s board. It then selected a winner.

“We said, ‘Let’s take that off (the counselors’) shoulders and take it over,’” Nicholson said.

Now the board has opened up the selection process, allowing home school and private school students to apply for Apple Ambassador.

The Apple Ambassador receives a $2,000 scholarship and the runner-up receives a $1,000 scholarship. To apply, entrants should visit the apple festival Web site www.ncapplefestival.org and fill out an application.