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They keep increasing their scholarship award money.

After adding $5,000 in giveaways last year, the Cloverdale Rodeo Youth Initiative Foundation (CRYIF) added another $4,000 this year for a $9,000 increase over two years.

In the last three years alone the youth foundation has given away $44,000 in scholarship money. They awarded $10,000 in 2023, $15,000 in 2024, and now $19,000.

“Thanks to an increase in funds this year, we were able to raise the bar again on the amount of money we distributed,” said Rick Hugh, a CRYIF board member and past committee chair. “Funds that are given out by CRYIF each year are raised through several means.”

The main source of funding for the rodeo’s youth foundation is the annual 50/50 draw held during the Cloverdale Rodeo

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