Scholarship applications now being accepted by Uncommon Friends
Applications for 2010 Uncommon Friends Foundation scholarships, honoring deserving individuals who have a financial need and the potential to succeed in school, are available now. Completed applications are due by April 1. The recipients of the scholarships will be announced on June 3 at the foundation’s “Uncommon Evening,” being held this year at the Harborside Event Center in Fort Myers.
Since 1998, the foundation has provided scholarships to more than 250 individuals who have demonstrated the personal traits of the five unique men and their wives James D. Newton wrote about in his book, Uncommon Friends. His “uncommon friends” were Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Dr. Alexis Carrel, and Charles Lindbergh and their wives.
Scholarship categories include the following:
The Special Recognition scholarship is awarded to an individual who has financial need, the desire and potential to succeed in school, and possesses positive character traits.
High Tech Center scholarships provide assistance with tuition, books, and supplies for one term at High Tech Center. There are no age requirements for this scholarship.
Florida Prepaid College Foundation scholarships provide scholarships for college tuition and local fees to ninth grade students who contract to succeed in high school, say free of drugs and crime, and fulfill other scholarship conditions.
The Boy Scouts of America scholarship helps pay for books for the first semester of college.
The Edison College Single Parent scholarship provides assistance to single parents who have overcome extraordinary obstacles in furthering their education and in gaining skills to enter the workforce.
The Future Teacher scholarship is awarded to students matriculated in a program leading to a degree in education.
The Uncommon Friends Foundation, established in 1993, is a character education foundation whose mission is to instill ethics, moral values and a sense of purpose in tomorrow’s leaders.
Application forms may be obtained by calling 239-337-9505, requested via e-mail at charactered@uncommonfriends.org, or checking the website at www.uncommonfriends.org.
Source: Uncommon Friends Foundation