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We
are inviting High School Seniors who are an ALSA member
to apply for one of two $1,500 scholarships from the ALSA
Youth Scholarship Fund. These scholarships will be
awarded at the ALSA Grand National Championship Show held
each October. If you are interested in applying, please
fill in the application form and give responses to all the
questions on a separate sheet of paper. You need to
pay close attention to the requirements and directions for
this scholarship. The application must be postmarked
no later than July 1st of this year.
Please Become
A Sponsor
As many of you may already
know, this scholarship is funded by donations. Each
year the ALSA organization donates one thousand dollars
in addition to the funds that members have donated.
The ALSA organization does this to honor our many other
very special llama members that are no longer with us.
We give out two fifteen hundred dollar scholarships every
year to two ALSA youth members. As time goes on, donations
are unfortunately declining. We need to receive donations
annually from you, the llama community, if this is going
to be an ongoing award. Otherwise we will not be able
to continue with this valuable program. We encourage
you to become a sponsor of this program this year.
Please email the ALSA office for information on how to make
a donation to this program. All donations, regardless
of size, are greatly appreciated.
Requirements
1. Applications will ONLY be accepted by mail.
No email applications will be accepted.
2. All applications, recommendation letters, and responses
MUST be postmarked by July 1st. Any applications not
postmarked by this date will not be considered for the scholarship
awards.
3. Applicants must fill out the scholarship application
completely and it must accompany the responses and recommendation
letters in order to be considered for the scholarship. (all
should be sent in one packet in this order - see #4).
4. The order for organizing packets is: application
form, checklist and conformation page, response questions,
and lastly, recommendation letters. This then should
be sent to the Scholarship Chairperson:
Marilyn Nenni, 16960 Union Chapel Road, Noblesville, IN,
46060
Packets sent requiring signature
or postage due will not be accepted. Youth applying
may check for receipt of packet by phone or email.
5. Applicants will be notified by August 31st if they have been selected.
6. Applicants that have not met any part of the above requirements will
NOT be notified that they were not considered for this scholarship.
7. All applicants must be a current ALSA Youth member, a current years
High School Senior at any time during the current year (spring or fall
semesters), and no older than 19 years of age at the time of
application.
8. The applicant must attend or plan to attend an accredited college or
university within the next two years.
9. All applicants must include two letters of reference with this
application from the following (excludes relatives):
a. An individual in your educational
background.
b. An individual familiar with your
llama-related events.
Go here for a printable version of the
scholarship requirements.
Application
Go to this site to print off
the scholarship application.
Questions
Go to this site to print
off the questions that you need to respond to. This is a necessary
requirement for this scholarship. Type the questions and your responses on
a separate sheet of paper and submit with your application and your letters of
reference.
ChecklistGo here to print off the
Checklist & Confirmation page.
Information
* For applications to be
judged anonymously,
applications will be assigned numbers with names removed.
* Scholarship funds will be directed directly to the
College or University at the time that fees are due. Winners will have 2
years after high school to have funds distributed to the College or University
of their choice.
* In order to protect all involved, the contents of your application may
not be printed in any publication.
* You are required to write an article for the Winter Showring following
your October win. This will include a photo and article on yourself.
* Applicants who do win and are attending the Grand National Show will be
expected to attend the banquet so that they may be recognized while there.
* Applicants with questions are to contact the ALSA Youth Scholarship
chairperson. Questions asked by parents will NOT be accepted or answered.
The ALSA Board of Directors has received many incredible applications for these
scholarships in the past. We are continually overwhelmed by the amazing
accomplishments of the llama youth of ALSA. Many of these youth are doing
wonderful things for their communities and the llama world! Good Luck to
all of the youth who send applications in this year for these scholarships.
Please consider making a donation to the ALSA Youth Scholarship Fund.
All donations are greatly appreciated!
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