Rotary Club of Cochrane U-START Bursary
The Rotary Club of Cochrane funds one $5,000 bursary at each of the three Cochrane high schools every year. It is a grant based on clearly demonstrated financial need and satisfactory academic achievement rather than on academic excellence alone.
Rotary is explicit that a bursary is not a scholarship: the money follows need, not the top transcript. Each school picks its own recipient with the club advising, and Rotary asks that students in the trades be considered alongside academic students. The programme has paid out over $75,000 since 1997.