John F Kennedy Local Scholarship: HARRY AND HILDA EISEN OVERCOMING ADVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
Scholarship provided by: Norco Kiwanis Club
Application Requirements:
Scholarship Eligibility: Must be a JFK student. Strong community and high school involvement. Focused educational goals for employment preparation. Good citizenship. Minimum 2.5 GPA. Has overcome adversity.
How/Where to Apply:
Application Overview:
*Complete General Award Application Sheet (included in packet).
*Personal Essay: Should include the following: Information regarding involvement in school, community, church related activities, organizations and clubs to which you belong to. Also include goals/plans for the future and the extreme adversity that you have overcome.
*A statement/explanation for financial need (you may use the included form or provide your own).
*Copy of JFK and Norco College unofficial transcripts (pick up JFK transcript from Counseling Office).
Deadline: Counseling office by 3:00 p.m. on or before Friday, February 6, 2015
Purpose:The Key of Honor is the highest recognition award presented by the Key Club International Board. The recipient shall be either an individual who has made a lifelong positive impact upon youth in general and Key Club specifically or an organization that should be so honored for a long term-support of youth and Key Club program.
Provider Organization Name: Norco Kiwanis Club
Background: The Kiwanis International Foundation is thrilled to offer several 2016 scholarship opportunities. These amazing awards are offered exclusively to Key Club members and will be available in February 2016. Please check back in February learn more.
Amount of Money the Scholarship Offers:
SCHOLARSHIP MAX AWARD: Number of awards and amounts vary yearly.
# OF SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS: Number of awards and amounts vary yearly.
Scholarship Eligibility: Must be a JFK student. Strong community and high school involvement. Focused educational goals for employment preparation. Good citizenship. Minimum 2.5 GPA. Has overcome adversity.
How/Where to Apply:
Application Overview:
*Complete General Award Application Sheet (included in packet).
*Personal Essay: Should include the following: Information regarding involvement in school, community, church related activities, organizations and clubs to which you belong to. Also include goals/plans for the future and the extreme adversity that you have overcome.
*A statement/explanation for financial need (you may use the included form or provide your own).
*Copy of JFK and Norco College unofficial transcripts (pick up JFK transcript from Counseling Office).
Deadline: Counseling office by 3:00 p.m. on or before Friday, February 6, 2015
Purpose:The Key of Honor is the highest recognition award presented by the Key Club International Board. The recipient shall be either an individual who has made a lifelong positive impact upon youth in general and Key Club specifically or an organization that should be so honored for a long term-support of youth and Key Club program.
Provider Organization Name: Norco Kiwanis Club
Background: The Kiwanis International Foundation is thrilled to offer several 2016 scholarship opportunities. These amazing awards are offered exclusively to Key Club members and will be available in February 2016. Please check back in February learn more.
Amount of Money the Scholarship Offers:
SCHOLARSHIP MAX AWARD: Number of awards and amounts vary yearly.
# OF SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS: Number of awards and amounts vary yearly.
FIRE's Freedom in Academia Essay Contest
Scholarship provided by: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)
Application Requirements:
Scholarship Eligibility: Applicants who are high school juniors and seniors for the current school year are eligible to participate.
How/Where to Apply:
Application Overview:
* Go to FIRE's website at www.thefire.org and familiarize yourself with FIRE and FIRE's issues.
* Watch two short videos about real students who were censored and punished for speech that is protected by the U.S. Constitution.
* Watch some of FIRE's other videos, read FIRE's mission, and browse posts on The Torch to get a good sense of FIRE's goals and activities (recommended).
* Answer the Essay Question: Why is free speech important at our nation's colleges and universities? Using examples from both videos, discuss how these universities violated the featured students' rights and why these violations are incompatible with higher. education. Your essay should be 800-1000 words.
* Submit your essay through the form on the provider's website.
Deadline: 01/01/2016
Purpose: FIRE's mission is to defend and sustain individual rights at America's colleges and universities. These rights include freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience - the essential qualities of individual liberty and dignity. FIRE's core mission is to protect the unprotected and to educate the public and communities of concerned Americans about the threats to these rights on our campuses and about the means to preserve them.
Provider Organization Name: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)
Background: The mission of FIRE is to defend and sustain individual rights at America's colleges and universities. These rights include freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience the essential qualities of individual liberty and dignity. FIRE's core mission is to protect the unprotected and to educate the public and communities of concerned Americans about the threats to these rights on our campuses and about the means to preserve them.
Amount of Money the Scholarship Offers:
SCHOLARSHIP MAX AWARD: $ 10,000
# OF SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS: 9
Scholarship Eligibility: Applicants who are high school juniors and seniors for the current school year are eligible to participate.
How/Where to Apply:
Application Overview:
* Go to FIRE's website at www.thefire.org and familiarize yourself with FIRE and FIRE's issues.
* Watch two short videos about real students who were censored and punished for speech that is protected by the U.S. Constitution.
* Watch some of FIRE's other videos, read FIRE's mission, and browse posts on The Torch to get a good sense of FIRE's goals and activities (recommended).
* Answer the Essay Question: Why is free speech important at our nation's colleges and universities? Using examples from both videos, discuss how these universities violated the featured students' rights and why these violations are incompatible with higher. education. Your essay should be 800-1000 words.
* Submit your essay through the form on the provider's website.
Deadline: 01/01/2016
Purpose: FIRE's mission is to defend and sustain individual rights at America's colleges and universities. These rights include freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience - the essential qualities of individual liberty and dignity. FIRE's core mission is to protect the unprotected and to educate the public and communities of concerned Americans about the threats to these rights on our campuses and about the means to preserve them.
Provider Organization Name: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)
Background: The mission of FIRE is to defend and sustain individual rights at America's colleges and universities. These rights include freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience the essential qualities of individual liberty and dignity. FIRE's core mission is to protect the unprotected and to educate the public and communities of concerned Americans about the threats to these rights on our campuses and about the means to preserve them.
Amount of Money the Scholarship Offers:
SCHOLARSHIP MAX AWARD: $ 10,000
# OF SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS: 9
$5,000 Easy Scholarship: Teens for Jeans
Scholarship provided by: DOSomething.org
Application Requirements:
Scholarship Eligibility: Unlimited, every 2 pairs of jeans donated counts as a lottery entry for the scholarship. No minimum GPA or essays required. Must be 13 to 25 years old to apply.
How/Where to Apply:
Application Overview:
1.) Sign up for Teens for Jeans at dosomething.org/jeans.
2.) Once you’ve signed up for the campaign, start collecting! Be sure to snap pictures and then deliver the jeans to your local Aéropostale.
3.) Submit a photo for every entry at dosomething.org/jeans. These will count as your chances to win a $5,000 scholarship!
Deadline: 02/29/2016
Purpose: Every year, over a million young people in the US experience homelessness. One item they request often? A pair of jeans.
DoSomething.org is launching the 9th annual Teens for Jeans campaign where participants help collect gently-used blue jeans in their schools and communities to be distributed to shelters throughout the country. In addition to providing an important clothing item to others in need, participants also have the chance to win a $5,000 scholarship! Every two pairs of jeans count an entry. The more pairs you collect, the more chances you have at winning.
Provider Organization Name: DOSomething.org
Background: DoSomething.org is one of the largest organizations in the US that helps young people rock causes they care about. A driving force in creating a culture of volunteerism, DoSomething.org is on track to activate two million young people in 2011. By leveraging the web, television, mobile, and pop culture, DoSomething.org inspires, empowers and celebrates a generation of doers: teenagers who recognize the need to do something, believe in their ability to get it done, and then take action.
Amount of Money the Scholarship Offers:
SCHOLARSHIP MAX AWARD: $ 5,000
# OF SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS: 1
Scholarship Eligibility: Unlimited, every 2 pairs of jeans donated counts as a lottery entry for the scholarship. No minimum GPA or essays required. Must be 13 to 25 years old to apply.
How/Where to Apply:
Application Overview:
1.) Sign up for Teens for Jeans at dosomething.org/jeans.
2.) Once you’ve signed up for the campaign, start collecting! Be sure to snap pictures and then deliver the jeans to your local Aéropostale.
3.) Submit a photo for every entry at dosomething.org/jeans. These will count as your chances to win a $5,000 scholarship!
Deadline: 02/29/2016
Purpose: Every year, over a million young people in the US experience homelessness. One item they request often? A pair of jeans.
DoSomething.org is launching the 9th annual Teens for Jeans campaign where participants help collect gently-used blue jeans in their schools and communities to be distributed to shelters throughout the country. In addition to providing an important clothing item to others in need, participants also have the chance to win a $5,000 scholarship! Every two pairs of jeans count an entry. The more pairs you collect, the more chances you have at winning.
Provider Organization Name: DOSomething.org
Background: DoSomething.org is one of the largest organizations in the US that helps young people rock causes they care about. A driving force in creating a culture of volunteerism, DoSomething.org is on track to activate two million young people in 2011. By leveraging the web, television, mobile, and pop culture, DoSomething.org inspires, empowers and celebrates a generation of doers: teenagers who recognize the need to do something, believe in their ability to get it done, and then take action.
Amount of Money the Scholarship Offers:
SCHOLARSHIP MAX AWARD: $ 5,000
# OF SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS: 1
Voice of Democracy Audio Essay Contest
Scholarship provided by: Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
Application Requirements:
Scholarship Eligibility: The Voice of Democracy Program is open to students in grades 9-12, who are enrolled in a public, private or parochial high school or home study program in the United States and its territories.
How/Where to Apply:
Application Overview:
Create and record a reading of your essay, between 3 and 5 minutes in length, on the topic, "Why I'm Optimistic About Our Nation's Future". Submit the audio CD, typed essay, and entry form to your local participating VFW Post by the deadline.
Deadline: 11/01/2016
Purpose: Created in 1947, the Voice of Democracy (VOD) scholarship program is an audio-essay contest for high school students that annually provides more than $3 million in scholarships.
Provider Organization Name: Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
Background: The organization's mission is to foster camaraderie among United States veterans of overseas conflicts; to serve veterans, the military, and communities; and to advocate on behalf of all veterans.
Amount of Money the Scholarship Offers:
SCHOLARSHIP MAX AWARD: $ 30,000
# OF SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS: 1
Scholarship Eligibility: The Voice of Democracy Program is open to students in grades 9-12, who are enrolled in a public, private or parochial high school or home study program in the United States and its territories.
How/Where to Apply:
Application Overview:
Create and record a reading of your essay, between 3 and 5 minutes in length, on the topic, "Why I'm Optimistic About Our Nation's Future". Submit the audio CD, typed essay, and entry form to your local participating VFW Post by the deadline.
Deadline: 11/01/2016
Purpose: Created in 1947, the Voice of Democracy (VOD) scholarship program is an audio-essay contest for high school students that annually provides more than $3 million in scholarships.
Provider Organization Name: Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
Background: The organization's mission is to foster camaraderie among United States veterans of overseas conflicts; to serve veterans, the military, and communities; and to advocate on behalf of all veterans.
Amount of Money the Scholarship Offers:
SCHOLARSHIP MAX AWARD: $ 30,000
# OF SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS: 1