Southwestern Michigan Chapter of Jack and Jill Of America, Inc. Tuition Assistance Grant

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Jack and Jill of America, Inc. is a membership organization of mothers and children, ages 2-19, dedicated to nurturing future African-American leaders by strengthening children through leadership development, volunteer service, philanthropic giving, and civic duty.

The Southwestern Michigan Chapter of Jack and Jill, Incorporated has created one Community Service Tuition Assistance Grants for African American high school seniors. The goal of the scholarship is to celebrate the success of youth who are passionately involved in community service throughout Southwestern Michigan (including the counties of Berrien, Branch, Cass, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, and Van Buren).

This prestigious tuition assistance grant will acknowledge the fine efforts of local African-American high school seniors who embrace the spirit of diversity, while being energetically and enthusiastically engaged in community service, community projects, and other community-based activities. The Southwestern Michigan Chapter of Jack and Jill of America will issue one $500.00, non-renewable, tuition assistance grant to high school seniors residing in Southwestern Michigan (Jack and Jill children are ineligible). In the event of a tied score, the proceeds will be divided equally amongst grant applicants. The tuition assistance grant will be presented in June during the Annual Joint Scholarship Celebration.

If you meet the above criteria, please consider nominating yourself for this scholarship. All scholarship applications must be submitted via Google Form to jackandjill.southwestern@gmail.com by May 13, 2022.

Please contact Adrienne Hill at amclabin@gmail.com if there are any questions.

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Nomination Guidelines

CRITERIA:

The nominee must be an African-American high school senior at a local high school.

The nominee must reside in Southwestern Michigan (including the counties of Berrien, Branch, Cass, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, and Van Buren).

The nominee must be actively engaged in community service efforts.

Name (First, Last) *

Street Address, City, State, Zip, County *

Telephone number *

Email address *

High School *

Parent/Guardian Name(s) *

INSTRUCTIONS

When completing Parts A-D, please use the full name of awards, clubs, and organizations (please elaborate on acronyms).

PART A: Please list your community service affiliations, activities, and offices held (if applicable). What motivates your community service efforts? *

PART B: African American youth are brilliant, powerful and innovative. From your perspective what are the ways in which African American youth can partner with adults to support their local community. (250 words) *

PART C: What do you consider to be the most significant opportunities to elevate the voices of the African-American community? How do you see yourself playing a leadership role? (400 words) *

PART D: What aspirations do you hope to accomplish in college? What motivates you? (250 words) *

REFERENCES

Please list the names, telephone numbers, and email addresses of three people who would serve as references (teacher, mentor, counselor, pastor, etc.):

Reference 1 *

Reference 2 *

Reference 3

Please provide additional facts the judges should know that may be relevant to the scholarship selection process. *

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I hereby certify all of the above information is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge. Any intentional misrepresentation or omission of facts will be justification for denial of this scholarship.

By typing your name you are confirming your acknowledgement. *

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