Wal-Mart Sam Walton Community Scholarships

The Wal-Mart Foundation is funding 7000 scholarships of $1,000 for 2008. All high school seniors maintaining at least a 2.5 GPA who are permanent residents of the United States are eligible for the Sam Walton Scholarship.

You can get an application at your local Wal-Mart store, Neighborhood Market or Sam's Club. Filing deadline for applications is January 14, 2008.

Wal-Mart also funds several other scholarships for associates and their dependents, including the Wal-Mart ASSOCIATE Scholarship, the Higher REACH Scholarship and the WALTON Family Foundation Scholarship.

For more information and an application, visit walmartfoundation.org.

Technorati Tags: Scholarships Sam Walton Community ScholarshipPaying for College College ScholarshipsWalMartWal-Mart

Elks Most Valuable Student Scholarship Competition

The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, through the Elks National Foundation, will be awarding 500 scholarships in it's 2008 scholarship program. The scholarships range in value from $1,000 to $15,000 per year and they are renewable for four years (over $2 million in total).

Two requirements are that you must be a high school senior and you must be a US citizen. You do not need to be related to an Elks member to apply.

Applications are available now. You can get them at your local Elks Lodge, online at http://www.elks.org/enf/scholars/mvs.cfm or by sending an SASE to

Elks National Foundation
Scholarship Office
2750 N. Lakeview Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614-2256

Applications for this year's scholarships must be submitted to your local Elks Lodge by January 11, 2008.

For more information on the Elks Most Valuable Student Scholarships, visit http://www.elks.org/enf/scholars/mvs.cfm.

Technorati Tags: Scholarships Elks Most Valuable StudentPaying for College College ScholarshipsBPOEElks

Black College Expo Events and Scholarships

If you are going to be near Oakland, CA, around December 8, Los Angeles around December 15, or Atlanta on March 8, plan on attending the Black College Expo road show. It includes a college fair featuring over 50 historically black colleges and universities and educational organizations.

And if you are going to attend, than make sure to apply for the Black College Expo Scholarship. Entry is by submitting an essay before the deadline, which is differnt for each venue. Entry deadline for Oakland is Nov. 26, LA is Dec. 3 and Atlanta is Feb. 25 (all at 12:01am).

Winners do not have to attend a historically black college or university to claim the scholarship, but they do have to attend the expo at which they have applied.


Technorati Tags: Scholarships Black College ExpoPaying for College College Scholarships