Know some gifted young Kiwis? Charity offers $5000 scholarship opportunity

<h2><strong>Applications close March 30&colon; <&sol;strong>Variety – the Children’s Charity is helping school-age children to reach their full potential in education&comma; music&comma; art and sport through its Gold Heart Scholarship programme&period;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Gold Heart Scholarships provide up to &dollar;5000 to Kiwi kids to help them pursue their talent – regardless of disability&comma; illness or financial disadvantage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Variety Gold Heart Scholarship programme is open to young people up to the age of 18 and makes up to &dollar;5000 available for up to three years to help children who are physically or financially challenged to fulfil their dreams&period; This could include assisting with tuition fees&comma; personal development&comma; coaching&comma; training equipment&comma; travel or accommodation&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To apply for a Gold Heart Scholarship&comma; young people should be proficient in their field and show passion and commitment to achieve a long-term aspirational goal&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>16-year-old Beth Reid received a Gold Heart Scholarship in 2016 and 2017 for Softball&period; Beth says&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The important factor is that I WANT to play&comma; and I WANT to be a better player&period; I want to be able to say that I gave it all I could&comma; and I gave it my best&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One of Beth’s proudest achievements so far was being selected by Softball New Zealand to play against one of the top four college teams from the USA&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Being awarded a Gold Heart Scholarship has not only helped Beth achieve her sporting goals it has taken the financial pressure off her mum&period; This has meant that her mum can now watch all her games rather than stress about costs&period; Beth loves having her mum at her games&comma; she can show her how all her hard work has paid off&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>2018 will be a busy year for Beth as she is representing Auckland in the u18 grade at Nationals in Dunedin as well as competing in the u19 grade in Auckland&period; She is part of the Emerging Sox programme and hopes to tour overseas with the aim of preparing for the Junior Women’s Softball World Championships in 2019&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The teenager is determined to reach her goals and will keep striving to achieve her dreams&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;