The Skillman Foundation, in partnership with the Coleman A. Young Foundation, will award 10 scholarships up to $10,000.00 each to 10 promising Detroit youth.
Applications must be returned as a hard copy no later than Friday, March 22, 2013
Scholarship recipients announced by Friday, April 12, 2013.
In honor of Skillman’s 50th Anniversary, the Foundation announced the 50 Promising Youth Legacy Awards in 2011. In 2012, the program expandedt o award 10 additional awards and scholarships to 10 promising Detroit youth. The program is being expanded to award 10 additional awards and scholarships to 10 promising Detroit youth in 2013.
The awards will:
(1) recognize young people as emerging leaders and as a current contributor to making a difference in their community,
(2) ensure that Detroit and Southeastern Michigan youth attend and graduate from college
(3) encourage young leaders to return, serve and contribute to the revitalization of Detroit and the state of Michigan.
To be eligible for the Promising Youth Legacy Awards, youth must be nominated by a nonprofit, community-based, faith-based, social service, or school organization. The criteria for youth are:
• Youth must exhibit extraordinary leadership and a demonstrated commitment to improving the community;
• Youth must demonstrate that they have made a difference in the lives of others through community service, civic engagement or community leadership;
• Youth must reside in a Skillman Good Neighborhood;
• Youth must be ages 15-18 and college-bound, with a high school GPA of 2.5 or greater; and completing the 11th grade and currently enrolled as a high school “JUNIOR” or completing the 12th grade and currently enrolled as a high school “SENIOR”.
The information for this award is available in the Career Center. EEEVPA is located in the Skillman Good Neighborhood of East English Village.
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