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Zonta Club Womens Another Chance
Zonta Club Womens Another Chance
Deadline: October 1, 2016
Award Amount: $4,000/year
Zonta Club of St. Louis “the Club”, a member of Zonta International, an International organization of executives and professionals organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, has instituted a scholarship program “the Scholarship”, to benefit a female single parent who has a High School Diploma, or equivalent GED Certificate and is currently enrolled in a post-high school educational program.
The recipients shall be a female single parent who will receive benefits under the Scholarship, subject to the terms and conditions set out below.
Recipients shall be selected by the Club’s Women’s Another Chance (WAC) Committee based strictly on the following criteria.
- Must be 24 years of age or older, single and head of household
- Applicants must live in the Missouri counties of Franklin, Jefferson, St. Charles, St. Louis or the City of St. Louis and the Illinois counties of Madison, Monroe or St. Clair. Students must attend a school within a 50 mile radius of the city limits of St. Louis.
- Must be committed to the pursuit of a post-high school education and/or training.
- Must demonstrate financial inability to attain further education/training without the Scholarship.
- Must provide a copy of the last two year’s Income Tax Returns (Forms 1040, W-2 Forms and/or 1099s).
- Must be a legally single parent of at least one child; and must be the parent who has the sole responsibility for rearing the child or children.
- Must have a high school diploma or GED.
- Must already be enrolled in a post-high school program with a minimum GPA of 2.5.
- Must provide official transcript of prior college courses.
- Must demonstrate personal discipline and perseverance.
- Must complete the Club’s essay requirement: “Why I Deserve this Opportunity”. No less than 200 words and no more than 400 words.
- Must provide three (3) letters of recommendations: Personal, employer, or friend who has known you for more than (2) years.
- Must provide two references with phone numbers and email addresses (no relatives).
- Must submit a plan of action to the WAC Committee. Plan of Action may include curriculum, costs, steps taken to advance their status, any other costs associated with the completion of the proposed curriculum of study.