The Give Something Back Foundation wants to make college accessible for kids who otherwise wouldn't have the financial means to attend.
Lockport-based Give Something Back Foundation wants to buy a college education for over 50 Will County students, the Sun-Times Media reports. $3 million was set aside to prefund full-ride scholarships to 52 incoming high school freshmen. Three colleges are participating in the scholarship, which begins next year: University of St. Francis, Lewis University or Blackburn College. Recipients of the scholarship will be provided help from tutors and mentors to help high school freshmen prepare for college. When they graduate from high school, the students will get a full-ride scholarship to one of the three colleges. The scholarship is no walk in the park, however. Qualifying students must be eligible for federal Pell Grants. Scholarship …
Immanuel Lutheran Preschool will award three $500 scholarships to former students.
Preschool may be a distant memory to most high school seniors, but one Mokena preschool is remembering its former pupils in a big way. Next spring, Immanuel Lutheran Preschool, 10731 W. LaPorte Road, will award $500 scholarships to three of its qualifying college-bound alumni. The scholarships will be presented at the preschool's graduation ceremony and at the Lincoln-Way High School Scholarship Awards Day. Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church's Board of Christian Education and the preschool staff created the annual scholarship plan to "give back to the community," according to Lois Mayer, preschool director. Two qualifying alumni will receive a one-time award of $500 for college tuition or books. A third $500 award, the Immanuel …
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Lois Mayer
12:19 pm on Friday, December 3, 2010
Just one comment- Amy Mayer, our fund raiser person is the brainchild for the Scholarship Program- it was her amazing idea last year and we worked to put it into place~ God loves her and we do too~~Lois Mayer more ›