Leadership 1000 scholarship deadline May 1st

The College Success Foundation is accepting applications for their Leadership 1000 scholarship. Open to all students. The deadline is May 1st.

CSF Application Portal

DREAMACTIVIST » Washington State Youth Come Out on Video

For students and others interested in Washington state's efforts to pass the DREAM Act, check out the newly formed Washington DREAM Act Coalition (www.wdac.info). They recently were recognized by DREAM Activist, a national organization, for the video they created asking for Senator Cantwell and Murray to push harder for the DREAM Act (both are co-signers of the DREAM Act).


DREAMACTIVIST » Washington State Youth Come Out on Video

Sea Mar Scholarship

There is still time to apply to the Sea Mar scholarship open to migrant high school and college students. Its a great scholarship that can be used for tuition, books, food, transportation, phone calls home or registration fees to an awesome conference like the 2011 LEAP Conference :) The deadline is approaching quick, so make sure you have already started on your personal statement. Also ojo! it says the application must be RECEIVED by March 26th, not postmarked.

For more information, read below
LEAP
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Each year, Sea Mar awards one-time $1,000 scholarships to students in Washington who are of migrant or seasonal farm worker* backgrounds. In the past three years, more than 60% of applicants were awarded scholarships.

If you are awarded one of these scholarships, you may use the money for anything you need while enrolled in a post-secondary program, such as a college, technical school, or professional training program. Eligible expenses include tuition, food, housing, and transportation.

The application deadline this year is Friday, March 26, 2010. Don't wait! Download the high school student application packet or the college student application packet and fill it out today. Mail, fax, or email the form, your personal statement, and your transcript to:

Scholarship Committee
c/o Colleen Lee
Sea Mar Community Health Centers
1040 S. Henderson St.
Seattle WA 98108
Fax: 206-788-3204
Email: colleenlee@seamarchc.org

*For the purpose of awarding these scholarships, a migrant farm worker is an individual whose principal employment is seasonal agriculture and who travels to work and lives in a different community while working. A seasonal farm worker is an individual whose principal employment is agricultural labor and who resides all year in one community. Farm workers do not include farm, ranch, feedlot, or food- or meat-processing plant owners/operators.

Thank you!

Thank you to all who attended, volunteered or in any way contributed to the 2010 LEAP Conference.

We had a great time and hope to post pictures here right away.

Photo of some of the LEAP Volunteers from Eastern Washington University, Central Washington University, Centralia College, University of Washington, Aviation School, Highline Community College, Sea Mar and Dr. Loco

Going to the 2010 LEAP Conference?

We at LEAP would like to know what students are thinking before attending the conference. Provide your answers in the comment section of this post to any or all the questions below:

1. What are your expectations about the LEAP conference? Any? None? Need answers? Tell us.


2. What do you know about the LEAP Conference, and what do you hope to learn from your involvement this year? What do you hope to take back to your school/community?


3. What would YOU like to ask or tell your representatives?


4. What are your current college plans? What are some questions you have about college? What do you hope to learn at the Academic Showcase?


5. Who are you hoping to meet? Other students? Dr. Loco? LEAP? Particular speakers?


6. What questions do you have about Legislative Day? What are you hoping to learn or accomplish at Legislative Day?


See you in February!

Need more info on the LEAP Conference? www.leapwa.org

SEMY seeking Donations & Applications for Scholarship

Hello everyone,

I hope this email finds you in good health.

I want to invite you to please encourage students to apply for our scholarship. As of right now, we only have about $500 in funds; however, we have a couple of fundraisers in the horizon and more pledges starting this next month, as well as a matching donation of $1000 from the Washington Apple Foundation. Our goal is to have at least $2000 for our 2010-2011 scholaships winners.

Application information-- Please encourage students to apply for these scholarships. http://www.waef.org/files/documents/WAEF_Universal_Scholarship_Application.pdf

Donation information--feel free to make a check out to WAEF and mail to: WAEF, 2900 Euclid Avenue, Wenatchee, WA 98801 OR go to their website and do the contribution online. If you chose to do the contribution online you can go to WAEF.org, allocate the donation to "other" and then designate it to the Migrant Student Leadership and Academic Scholarship.

Thank you in advance for contributing to our scholarship and sharing the application with students.

Con respeto y cariño,

Isabel

New Scholarship from Western Union Foundation

Just learned about this new interesting scholarship called the Family Scholarship Program from Western Union Foundation (thank you DREAM Activist for the info).

There is no citizenship requirement but 2 members of your family must apply, for instance, yourself and your father or sister. Here is the link for more detailed information http://foundation.westernunion.com/ourProgramsScholarships.html