Recession Relief Scholarship
Win a $10,000 Scholarship (all students, no essay)
$10,000 Scholarship for Mothers (single and married, no essay)
$10,000 Scholarship for Dads (single and married, no essay)
$10,000 Scholarship for Military Personnel (active duty, retired or inactive, no essay)
Just in case you’ve been living under a rock for the last six months, the world is in the midst of some scary economic times. You can’t pick up a paper in the U.S. without reading about several thousand jobs being cut from some high-profile company — and that doesn’t count the thousands more that are being cut from the collection of smaller companies that don’t make the news. And that’s just here in the U.S., the largest economy in the world. Just about every country in the world is somewhat dependent on U.S. consumers and our ravenous consumption, and when we’re suffering, so is the rest of the world.
So, what happens when the economy tanks like this, and millions of jobs are being lost? Well, we’re guessing that lots of folks will do what people have been doing for a good long while when they lose their jobs — they’ll go back to school. But more and more people worldwide are finding it harder to afford to go to college because they’re in debt. Many students work full-time, get financial aid and if they are lucky, grants. Even so, they’re still in debt, and they can’t seem to get out of debt regardless of how hard they try. That’s why we created the Recession Relief Scholarship (we used to call it the Get Out of Debt Scholarship, but really — getting out of debt seems secondary these days to a lot of us. Getting a paycheck in the door and getting food on the table is now Job One).
We give four $500 scholarships annually to help students hampered by debt to continue their studies, and you can apply online now. We created the award in 2003 as a once-a-year award, but based on the number of great applications we’ve received, we now grant four awards. We also send the check directly to you, not your school. To be eligible for the scholarship, you must be attending or planning to attend a college, trade school, technical institute, vocational program or other post-secondary education program in the 2009-2010 academic year. Before you apply, we recommend you check our scholarship help site, OutlawStudent.com. It’ll help you avoid mistakes that’ll get your application tossed in the trash!
If today’s date is between: The current deadline is:
Dec. 1 – Feb. 28………………..Feb. 28
March 1 – June 15……………..June 15
June 15 – August 31…………..August 31
Sept. 1 – Nov. 30………………Nov. 30
The $500 Recession Relief Scholarships are being offered in honor of all the people around the world who simply need a little help with their higher education bill due to the positively daunting economic situation we’re all facing. $500 may or may not keep you out of debt consolidation or credit counseling, but it certainly can’t hurt. Good luck to all applicants!
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where do i send the application?
It is almost my second year at FIDM (Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising) in Los Angeles and I am impatiently waiting till the start of my classes. I have always had a passion for Fashion, and i realized that I needed to go about my career in Fashion at the second year of community college. I went to community college for two years after high school to broaden my horizons and see what else there was out there for me, but nope, Fashion was still in mind. I thought, why not go with my first instinct. I have been working in a Law Office as an assistant for almost three years now, which has nothing to do with my field but financially is best for me at this time. Luckily, my school offers many volunteer opportunitys at Fashion Shows and Events that I am able to attend on the weekends. Before I started school at FIDM, I was a Girl’s Scout Master, and had been attending scouts for almost 12 years. I was one of the high ranked scout masters, and loved what I did every week. It was perfect because we met every Sunday, and ran our meetings during the week nights, which worked perfect with my work and school schedules. When i Started at FIDM I felt I needed to give it my all and stop with the curricular activities and focus on volunteering for experiance towards my career. That is what I have reached at this point in day, and at the same time I work full time and go to school full time, but with my strong multi tasking skills, I manage it very well.
How do I go about the Scholarship application.
If someone told me I had a chance to go back and change one thing from my past I would probably say, “I only get one?” Throughout my life I have made many decisions where, looking back, I probably chose the wrong path. That being said I don’t have much to complain about. I’m healthy, have a great relationship with my family and friends, and am on track to graduating from a great university. However, things have not always been so bright and cheery for me. In the fall of 2008 I forgot the reason I was attending college. My life was one party after another and I found myself drinking excessively, missing classes, and maintaining an unhealthy diet. I was living in a frat house and my life was spiraling out of control. After several encounters with the police and a meeting with my school’s student conduct office, I was suspended for nine months. It was at that moment I realized the damage that I was not only causing myself but also the heartache I was inflicting on my family. I stopped drinking and focused on what mattered. To this date I have been sober 18 months and am only one semester away from graduating. Although I was able to overcome these incidents if I could have one do-over it would be to go back to the beginning of college and not join the fraternity but instead, focus more on my studies and more positive extracurricular activities.