Community Club - College Students

College Students

The following scholarship opportunities are available only for Community Club students who have graduated high school and gone on to college (40 Community Club graduates are currently enrolled in college):
Community Club College Scholarship
Henderson Trust Scholarship
Free the Children Trust Scholars
New Futures (formerly Allen Gould Association) Scholars
Community Club Upperclass Scholarship

Community Club College Scholarship

The spring college meeting will be held on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. at the church. This meeting is required for all college students on scholarship and graduates of Community Club currently in college who would like to participate in the scholarship.

Bring your spring semester grades with you to the meeting.
College students on scholarship should email their grades to Tom Karr, tom@communityclub.org, or email Tom for a mailing address.

Henderson Trust Scholarship

From 2005 until closing in early 2007, the Charles Henderson Estate Educational Trust provided over $105,000 in tuition scholarships to 20 Community Club graduates attending college. Seven of those students have graduated from college, and the remainder are well on their way to completing college. On behalf of those recipients, the Community Club thanks the Trust and its trustee E.M. “Mac” Gardiner, for the generous assistance provided by the Trust.

Free the Children Trust Scholars

Note: This information only applies to former Community Club students who, while they were in high school, were awarded the Free the Children Trust scholarship.

Before or at the beginning of each college term, each scholar must provide the FTC Trust with:

a copy of the scholar’s bursar’s bill/statement of account for that term, along with
the scholar’s grades for the previous term.

You may send these materials to the FTC Trust by email, fax or mail. The FTC Trust’s contact information is:

Free the Children Trust
96 Waterview Ct
Barrington, IL 60010

Fax: 847-382-3086
Phone: 847-382-3034
E-mail: ftctrust@earthlink.net

If you have any questions, please call the FTC Trust or email tom@communityclub.org.

New Futures (formerly Allen Gould Association) Scholars

Note: This information only applies to former Community Club students who, during their senior year of high school, applied for and were awarded a scholarship from the Allen Gould Youth and Family Learning Association.

Before or at the beginning of each college term, scholars must provide:

a copy of their bursar’s bill/statement of account for that term,
a listing of all other scholarships being received and the amount of each scholarship, and
a report card or transcript, showing the credits earned and GPA, both for the immediate past term and overall.

to Tom Karr. The deadline for submitting these materials in order to receive scholarship monies for the Spring 2008 term is January 5, 2008.

If you have any questions, please email tom@communityclub.org.
If you are interested in learning more about, or contributing to, the New Futures Scholarships, please visit http://www.newfuturesdc.org/.

Community Club Upperclass Scholarship

The objective of this scholarship, which is being funded by the Andrew Charles Dornan Memorial Fund, is to relieve college students (who are both upperclass and Community Club graduates) of some of the burden of debt they incur as they move toward college graduation.

This semester, up to four Community Club Upperclass Scholarships (combined scholarships of up to $4,000) will be provided to students scheduled to graduate from college by December 2008. To be eligible for the scholarship, you will need to provide:

a complete college transcript (unofficial is acceptable). You must have a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA to be eligible.
a course schedule or other proof that you are enrolled in at least 12 credits worth of courses this semester.
a bill or statement of account showing the costs you have incurred from your college this semester, plus an itemization of your other costs (such as books and off-campus housing).
an itemization of scholarships and grants that you received this semester (including DC TAG or DC LEAP).
a 1-2 paragraph statement stating the reasons why you need the scholarship.

Scholarship winners will be chosen from eligible applicants based on the committee's evaluation of their academic achievement and financial need.

Applications must be received by March 18, 2008. You can (1) email them to Tom Karr, (2) fax them to Tom Karr at 202-772-9263, (3) for regular mail, email Tom Karr to request a mailing address.

If you send them by fax or regular mail, please email Tom Karr to advise that you have sent your application. When your application has been received, you will be sent an email confirming that receipt.