SCHOLARSHIP INFO FOR CHILDREN OF PARENTS WHO LOST THEIR LIFE TO BREAST CANCER

The Greater New York City Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation is pleased to announce the awarding of 5 scholarships valued up to $40,000 each. Application deadline is November 14, 2003.

The scholarship application can be downloaded by visiting:
http://www.komen.org/grants/college_scholarship_award_application.asp

The Komen College Scholarship Award is designed to assist students who have lost a parent to breast cancer. The program is donor-funded and administered by the Foundation through its local Affiliate network. Award recipients can receive up to $10,000 per year to be used towards tuition, books, fees and on-campus room and board while a full-time
undergraduate student at a state-supported college or university in their state of residency. There will be a maximum of five scholarships given each year.
The selection criteria for the Komen College Scholarship Award includes scholastic achievement, community service, demonstrated leadership potential and a financial need. Students are required to maintain a minimum of a 2.8 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) after the first grading period.

Unless prohibited by disability, students are required to earn wages equal to 20% of the lesser of their annual school costs or the amount of the award.

Komen College Scholarship Information
Students who are interested in learning more about the Komen College
Scholarship Award can contact their local Komen Affiliate or Foundation
Headquarters.

The local Komen Affiliate serving the Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx,
Queens, Staten Island, Long Island, Westchester County and Rockland
County area:
Daisy A. Vazquez
Grants Manager
The Greater NYC Affiliate of the
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
341 West 38th Street, 10th Fl
New York, NY 10018
212-560-9590x224
212-560-9598
[email protected]

Foundation Headquarters:
Att: Grants Department, Scholarship Award
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
5005 LBJ Freeway, Ste. 250
Dallas, TX 75244
[email protected]

Applications must be received by the Komen Foundation in Dallas by
5:00PM CST, November 14, 2003.