Scholarships for Military Children Program, apply by Feb. 22 Published Jan. 19, 2011 DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. -- The Scholarships for Military Children Program began in 2001, with 396 recipients receiving $1,500 each or a total award of $594,000. After ten years, the total number of applications is nearly 58,000, and $8,311,000 in scholarship grants have been awarded to 5,402 students. Program is open to sons and daughters of active duty, reserve/guard, or retired military commissary customers. Recipient must be enrolled or planning to enroll full-time in a four-year undergraduate college or university, accredited in the U. S. They must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 basis. Applications may be picked up at any commissary or downloaded from the program's website, and must be received at a commissary by Feb. 22. To learn more: http://www.militaryscholar.org/about/about.shtml Fisher House Foundation, Inc., an IRS recognized 501(c)(3) public charity, administers the program for the Defense Commissary Agency. Commissary business partners donate to Fisher House Foundation, Inc. which treats each contribution as a "restricted donation." Fisher House Foundation, in turn, contracts with "Scholarship Managers," a professional scholarship management firm to evaluate the applications and select the best qualified as recipients.
