1/27/2010 - FORT LEE, Va. (AFNS) -- The Feb. 17 deadline for students to apply for the 2010 Scholarships for Military Children Program is fast approaching.
All students interested and eligible to apply are encouraged to gather their materials and submit their applications as soon as possible.
One of the materials needed includes an essay on the following topic: "You can travel back in time; however, you cannot change events. What point in history would you visit and why?"
The Scholarships for Military Children Program was created 10 years ago to recognize the contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force and to celebrate the role of the commissary in the military family community.
Applications are available in commissaries worldwide and online through a link at www.commissaries.com, and directly at www.militaryscholar.org. Completed applications must be turned in to a commissary by close of business Feb. 17.
At least one scholarship will be awarded at every commissary location with qualified applicants.
Those eligible to apply for a scholarship are dependent, unmarried children, younger than 21 (23 if enrolled as a full-time student at a college or university) of active-duty, Reserve, Guard or retired military members; and survivors of servicemembers who died while on active duty, or survivors of individuals who died while receiving military retired pay.
An applicant must be planning to attend, or already be attending, an accredited college or university full time in the fall of 2010, or be enrolled in a program of studies designed to transfer directly into a four-year program.
The scholarship program is administered by Fisher House Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides assistance to servicemembers and their families. Scholarship Managers, a national, nonprofit scholarship management services organization, manages and awards the scholarships. Commissary vendors, manufacturers, brokers, suppliers and the general public donate money to the program, and every dollar donated goes directly to funding the scholarships.
Since its inception in 2001, the program has awarded $7.3 million in scholarships to almost 5,000 children of servicemembers.
