[real-eyes] 2009 College Scholarships for Students with Parents with Disabilities

From: <bigdaddylou63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 21:16:14 -0500
>> Please post and distribute widely.
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>> 2009 College Scholarships for Students with
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>> Parents with Disabilities Announcement
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>> All application materials must be completed and postmarked by Monday 
>> March
>> 16, 2009.
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>> Through the Looking Glass and its National Center for Parents with
>> Disabilities and their Families are pleased to announce new scholarships
>> specifically for high school seniors and college students who have 
>> parents
>> with disabilities.  These scholarships are part of Through the Looking
>> Glass' new federal grant  (New National Center for Parents
>> <http://lookingglass.org/ncpd/index.php> with Disabilities and their
>> Families). Please note that these are new awards and have different
>> application procedures than in the past.  There are two separate 
>> scholarship
>> awards, and each has separate eligibility requirements:
>>
>>
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>> 1. High School Seniors.  To be eligible, a student must be a high school
>> graduate (or graduating senior) by Summer 2009, planning to attend 
>> college
>> in Fall 2009 and have at least one parent with a disability. Five 
>> separate
>> $1000 awards will be given out in Fall 2009. Individuals may submit only 
>> one
>> application per award period.
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>>
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>> 2. College Students. To be eligible, a student must be currently enrolled 
>> in
>> a college or university, be 21 years of age or younger as of  March 16,
>> 2009, and have at least one parent with a disability. Five separate $1000
>> awards will be given out in Fall 2009. Individuals may submit only one
>> application per award period.
>>
>>
>>
>> Selection criteria for all scholarships include academic performance,
>> community activities and service, letters of recommendation and an essay
>> describing the experience of growing up with a parent with a disability.
>>
>>
>>
>> These Scholarships are also part of a research study on young adult 
>> children
>> of parents with disabilities.  As explained in the Consent Form in the
>> Application, you may be willing to participate in an optional survey 
>> about
>> young adult children of parents with disabilities.  The additional
>> information you submit on this survey will not affect your scholarship
>> chances and will not be disclosed to anyone outside the project 
>> researchers;
>> all identifying information will be removed.  If you consent to 
>> participate
>> in this optional survey, we will email you the survey after we have 
>> received
>> your completed application.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Scholarships Coordinator
>> Through the Looking Glass
>>
>> The National Center for Parents with Disabilities and their Families
>> 2198 Sixth Street, Suite 100
>> Berkeley, CA 94710
>> (800) 644-2666 (voice)
>>
>> (800) 804-1616 (TDD/TTY)
>>
>> FAX: (510) 848-4445
>>
>> Website: http://www.lookingglass.org <http://www.lookingglass.org/> /
>> <http://www.lookingglass.org/ 

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