Grants for Students With Deceased Parents

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Because of to the generosity of charities, personal donors, universities, firms and non-revenue organizations, students are ready to defeat adversity and transcend the sadness they experience when they drop a mother or father by attending college. There are merit-based mostly scholarships for academically productive students, want-primarily based awards for the monetarily needy and scholarships for distinct fields of examine.

Roger Nyhart Memorial Scholarship

The Roger Nyhart Memorial Scholarship is presented to students at East Stroudsburg College. To qualify, students ought to have a deceased mother or father, be a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and be monetarily needy. The award sum is $one,000 per academic 12 months.

East Stroudsburg College

200 Prospect Road

East Stroudsburg, PA 18301

570-422-321one

esu.edu

Walter and Shirley Sperber Scholarship

The Walter and Shirley Sperber Scholarship is provided to deserving students of Michigan State College. To qualify, you should be an incoming freshman, have at minimum one deceased mother or father and have a least GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. Furthermore, you ought to compose an essay on the hardships you have confronted Because of to your mother or father's death and any specialist or academic targets you may well have. The award quantity is $2,000.

Michigan State College

250 Hannah Administration Constructing

East Lansing, Michigan 48824

517-355-8332

msu.edu

Mary Ellen Locher Basis Scholarship

The Mary Ellen Locher Basis Scholarship is presented to a deserving student by the Mary Ellen Locher Basis. To qualify, students need to have a mother or father that has possibly died or survived as a end result of breast cancer and be monetarily needy. Candidates need to also create an essay detailing the struggles they've encountered as a outcome of their parents' sickness. The award sum is among $one,000 to $3,000.

Mary Ellen Locher Basis

P.O. Box 4032

Chattanooga, TN 37405

maryellenlocherfoundation.org

Kids' Likelihood Scholarship

The Kids' Possibility Scholarship is supplied graciously to students by the Alabama Law Basis. To qualify, you ought to have a father or mother that has both endured significant injuries or died from an accident on the work, have a substantial degree of academic good results and show economic require. Students need to also exhibit outstanding leadership attributes. The award volume is amongst $500 to $2,500.

Alabama Law Basis, Inc.

Publish Workplace Box 671

Montgomery, Alabama 36101

334-269-1515

alfinc.org