Investing in our future

The members of Goochland County Chamber of Commerce offer many different ways to assist our youth in moving forward in their educational endeavors. Please ask your Guidance Counselor of all the opportunities that are available via the Goochland County Chamber of Commerce and their Members. A few of them are listed below.

• Goochland Chamber of Commerce Scholarship
  • The number of scholarships and amounts vary year by year. 
  • You need to obtain the application from your guidance counselor
• American Legion Post 215
  • Boys State
  • Girls State
  • Youth Law Cadet
• Monacan Soil and Water Conservation District
  • One scholarship with the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts.  We advertise this opportunity in the local papers and directly to the schools.  The link to the VASWCD scholarship page is http://vaswcd.org/student-scholarships.The scholarship applications for students from Powhatan and Goochland counties must be submitted to the Monacan SWCD, not directly to the VASWCD office. Monacan must select one application to forward to the state competition.  The address to send the application is PO Box 66, Goochland, VA 23063.
  • In addition we sponsor scholarships to Youth Conservation Camp. This program is for high school students interested in natural resource conservation. Monacan SWCD provides 1 or 2 scholarships each year with the student responsible for a small fee and transportation to and from camp at VT. The link for the program is http://vaswcd.org/conservation-camp. Applications must be submitted to the Monacan SWCD office and our Education Committee selects the scholarship winners. The address to send the application is PO Box 66, Goochland, VA 23063.

A great way to find out how to get involved in the community is to take the Goochland Leadership Enterprise class.  The class informs and educates interested citizens about issues facing the County to foster citizen involvement in making Goochland a desirable place to live, work and enjoy life.  The class is open to anyone that lives and works in Goochland County as well as Middle and High School Students.  For more information, please follow them on Facebook.  For an application, please go to https://goochland.ext.vt.edu/.