Congratulations to the following winners of $500 Community Volunteer Service Awards

• Algona Community School Foundation: Maria Zeller
• Crestwood Dollars for Scholars (Cresco): Amber Ferrie
• Murray Community School Dollars forScholars: Emily Flaherty
• CSF of Newton: Jennifer Rabedeaux and Jana Guy

Only students in Dollars for Scholars chapters are eligible to apply for these $500 awards.

• Student must be enrolled or planning to enroll full-time at an accredited two- or four-year college, university
• Award is only for undergraduate study
• Adult students entering or resuming a postsecondary undergraduate program of study are also eligible, as are past recipients of the award.
• Applicants are initially evaluated on their level of volunteer community service over the past four years
• Recipients were selected by the level of volunteer service as well as the student's academic achievement, work experience, school activities, statement of goals, and an outside appraisal
  

 

New Guest Editorial Available: Let Your Local Paper Know why Dollars for Scholars Matters
Iowa Dollars for Scholars Executive Director Judi Pierick has put together a guest editorial perfect for submission to your local newspaper. The editorial points out the impact of Iowa Dollars for Scholars in all of our communities, and, with the back-to-school season approaching, now is a great time to send it off to your editor. Click here to read the full editorial, or here to download it in Microsoft Word format.

 



 

Iowa Dollars for Scholars Receives $10,000 Grant from Prairie Meadows
Iowa Dollars for Scholars recently announced it has received a $10,000 grant from Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino through the 2007 Community Betterment Grant program. 

Grant funds will be used to help start new Dollars for Scholars chapters and to provide services to strengthen existing chapters in Polk and surrounding counties.

“Iowa Dollars for Scholars is excited and grateful for support from Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino,” said Judi Pierick, Executive Director of Iowa Dollars for Scholars.” Prairie Meadows has been instrumental in helping create much of the Dollars for Scholars legacy that exists in Central Iowa today.  Its ongoing support of our mission has helped Iowa Dollars for Scholars to make significant progress in its vision of encouraging post-secondary education attendance for Central Iowa students through strong Dollars for Scholars support.” 

Prairie Meadows’ Community Betterment Grants are located to four categories:  arts & culture, economic development, education and human services. 

 




 

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