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National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) offers the following awards for to honor Hispanic nurses for their work: Ildaura Murillo-Rohde Award for Education Excellence, the Henrietta Villaescusa Community Service Award, the Janie Menchaca Wilson Leadership Award, and the Sarah Gomez Erlach Humanitarian Award. Deadline: Early April.

Some people wonder why total strangers would give them money to go to college.  The Valley Press Club Scholarships may help you understand that a little better. 

Almost 50 years ago, the Valley Press Club gave their first scholarship to a budding journalist named Al Jaffe.  Over time he became the vice president of ESPN and this year he is funding one of Valley Press Club’s scholarships. 

Five $2500 scholarships will be awarded to high school senior by Rockland Trust.  The students must be residents of Plymouth County, Barnstable County, Bristol County or the towns of Cohasset, Stoughton, Randolph, Braintree, Weymouth, Quincy, Wellesley or Watertown in Massachusetts in order to be eligible.

Westbank-Stanley F. Osowski Scholarship
Graduates of Westfield High School.

The Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts offers many scholarships to students in the three counties bordering the Connecticut River in Western Massachusetts (Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin Counties). They have a scholarship and student loan program for students attending accredited institutions of higher education in the United States.   Most of their scholarships are for residents of the Pioneer Valley with some exceptions. Each scholarship fund has been setup to honor or memorialize people or by sponsoring organizations, therefore they have different require

Want to go to college for free?  Well if you live in New Haven, Connecticut that may very well be possible.  City and school officials said that a new program would offer to pay eligible students’ way through any public college or university in Connecticut.

Below you will find scholarships for children of police and firefighters, but there other scholarships too, read the scholarships for your location carefully.

National Scholarships

Credit Unions all over the country are offering high school students scholarships.  Because there are hundreds of credit unions and because their guidelines vary from one to the next here are some of the basics.  Most Credit Union Scholarships are for high school seniors with application deadlines in March.  The number and amount of scholarships vary.  In addition, there are other requirements like membership (it's not hard to do, just open an account), most require it, but not all.  Below is a listing of just of few of the credit unions that offer scholarships.

The GEAR UP program provides grants to local governments, some of the funds are also used to provide college scholarships to low-income students.  The program is a Federal discretionary grant program whose purpose is to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education.  GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) serves students beginning no later than the seventh grade and follows them through high school.