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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.

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 SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION, INC. a  non-profit organization makes scholarships available to high school and college students who live in the Scotch Plains and Fanwood area of New Jersey. The foundation’s scholarship application are now available in the counseling offices of Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School and on the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Scholarship Foundation website.

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.

The Dana Christmas Scholarship for Heroism is a scholarship for a New Jersey student under the age of 21 given for acts of heroism.

It was named for Dana Christmas who suffered burns while helping others escape from a fire at Seton Hall University in 2000.  The deadline is October 15 for this $10,000 award.

The Urban Scholars Award is for students attending high schools in New Jersey’s urban, economically distressed areas, this Scholarship recognizes outstanding academic achievement. The awards are up to $1,000 and are not based on financial need.  Students can’t apply; they are selected for consideration by their high school.  Recipients must attend a New Jersey approved college or university (see list below).

Eligibility

Students must:

Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholars are the top performing students in New Jersey high schools.  The scholarship, named after Edward J. Bloustein, the seventeenth President of Rutgers University and is based on class rank and SAT scores and does not depend on need.