Association offers scholarships to children

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The Military Officers Association of America will give $1,000 college scholarships at random to sons and daughters of military people, including reservists.

Deadline to complete the online application is March 1.

Formerly known as The Retired Officers Association, the MOAA will honor 100 college-bound or current undergraduate students with individual $1,000 scholarship grants for the 2003 to 2004 school year. The association's scholarship program is part of an ongoing effort to assist young people from military families.

Of the few eligibility requirements, applicants must be younger than 24 and provide basic information such as their SAT score and college. If an applicant served in the military before attending college, the maximum age for eligibility increases by the number of service years, up to five years.

Membership in MOAA is not mandatory, and there is no grade point average requirement.

Semifinalists will be notified by e-mail in March and may be asked to provide more detailed information. The scholarships will be given by late August.

For more information and to apply, visit http://www.moaa.org/Education/2003 (Courtesy of Air Force Reserve Command News Service)