Description

Scholarships available to members of the American Legion returning to college in California

Details

• -Selection is based on scholastic standing and academic achievement (25%), character and leadership (25%), initiative and goals (25%), and financial need (25%) -The winner competes for the national American Legion Auxiliary Scholarship for Non-Traditional Student. If the California winner is not awarded the national scholarship, then he or she receives this departmental scholarship

Requirements & Eligibility

-Members of the American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary, or Sons of the American Legion who have paid dues for the 2 preceding years and the calendar year in which application is being made -Must be nontraditional students returning to school after some period of time during which their formal education was interrupted just beginning their education at a later point in life -Must be attending or planning to attend college in California -Residents of California

Limitations

-1 year -Mail Applications to: Department of California, 401 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 319, San Francisco, CA 94102-4570