Thanks to a generous grant from Organic Valley, the Driftless Folk School is now offering scholarships to cover the costs of classes for local residents who would otherwise be discouraged from participating. If you live in the Driftless Region and if the course fees for a class would be an obstacle to you registering, you are eligible to request a discount of up to $120 for one class per catalogue season (September –March or March –September). Limited to $240 per household. Supply fees not included.

To Apply, submit a short written request explaining your reasons for wanting to take the class you have selected and send it, along with the completed paper registration form included in the printed catalogue (downloadable here), to the Registrar of the Driftless Folk School at:

Driftless Folk School
PO Box 405
Viroqua, Wisconsin 54665

Please enclose payment for any course fees over $120 along with your registration and payment for any supply fees. Additional scholarship funds for more that $120 or for more than one class may be granted at the request of the instructor.

Applications must be received at least 1 month prior to the class.

Core Volunteer Program

Another way for local people to get involved with DFS and take classes for free is to become a part of the Driftless Folk School Core Volunteer Program. The basic concept of this initiative is simple: Driftless Folk School is seeking a dedicated group of volunteers willing to participate in the planning, publicizing, and executing of Driftless Folk School classes. Core Volunteers will be asked to participate in a short training session and they will then take part in one or more of the scheduled DFS classes as an official representative of the Driftless Folk School, distributing posters, working with instructors on class logistics and communications, promoting other DFS classes, and more. In return, course fees will be waived for the Core Volunteer in each class. We are grateful to Organic Valley for financial assistance with this program as well.

If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, or to sign up to become a Core Volunteer, please send an email to the Core Volunteer program coordinator at corevolunteer.dfs@gmail.com.