New Scholarships

Yawkey Scholars Program

Deadline:  February 12, 2016 at noon

The Yawkey Foundations' mission is to continue the charitable legacy of Tom and Jean Yawkey to make immediate, significant, and positive impacts on the quality of life of underserved children, youth and families.  The Yawkeys valued the importance of education and understood its ability to alter the course of young lives.  To honor this legacy of learning, the Yawkey Foundation Board of Trustees established the Yawkey Scholars Program in 2005 to help talented and motivated disadvantaged young people from Massachusetts and Georgetown County, South Carolina meet the rising costs of undergraduate education. Over the past ten years, the Yawkey Scholars Program has provided nearly $9 million in tuition supports to 238 Scholars as they pursue a college education. The Yawkey Scholars Program is administered by The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI).

http://www.tpi.org/scholarship/yawkey-scholars-program


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Red Pine Scholarship

Deadline:  February 12, 2016

The Red Pine Scholarship offers high-performing high school seniors and recent graduates from Massachusetts the chance to attend competitive colleges anywhere in the United States. If you’re accepted into the program, you’ll receive a four-year scholarship of up to $20,000 annually, plus individual mentoring, and funding for enrichment opportunities.
Applications for the 2016-17 Red Pine Scholarship are due February 12, 2015. Only complete applications submitted online will be considered. Please make sure that you are eligible for the scholarship by reviewing the 2016-17 Guidelines and Eligibility Requirements.

http://tpi.org/scholarship/red-pine-scholarship

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Hood Sportsmanship Scholarship

Deadline:  March 11, 2016

The Hood Milk Sportsmanship Scholarship Program awards 18 New England high school student athletes with a $5,000 scholarship toward furthering their education at a two- or four- year accredited college or university.

For more than 160 years, Hood® Milk has been at the heart of families and communities across New England. Hood is proud to be able to give 18 student athletes an opportunity to win a $5,000 college scholarship.

To be eligible, high school seniors must have displayed a high degree of sportsmanship while participating in a varsity high school sport. These students also must have earned a cumulative 3.0 GPA or higher and performed volunteer work in the community.

Students will be asked to write an essay explaining how they display sportsmanship and integrity on and off the field.

Each student who meets the standards in the official rules and completes the essay will be featured on an online voting site. The 10 students from each New England state who receive the most votes will be interviewed by a select panel of judges.

The panel of judges will then select three students from each of the six New England states (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont) as the scholarship winners. Winners will be honored at an awards ceremony and inducted into the Hood Sportsmanship Scholarship Hall of Fame.

Applicants must enter by 3PM EST on March 11, 2016. Voting begins 9AM EDT on April 1, 2016, and ends at 3PM EDT on April 22, 2016.

https://hood.com/scholarship

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Knights of Pythias High School Humanitarian Award

Deadline:  April 1, 2016

Three scholarships awarded -- $1000 each  -- "based on altruistic services to the community.  Altruistic meaning having unselfish concern for or devoted to the welfare of others."

Scholarship flyer is available in Guidance

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