2024 Deadline: Please submit by 7/12/2024.
Hairston-Gallant Scholarship Application Guidelines:
PURPOSE
To provide educational funds to a student who has shown an interest in promoting the continuum of the National Hairston-Gallant Reunion.
AWARD
One recipient will be awarded $1,000.00 for full-time study. (Scholarship award will be deposited into student’s account.)
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants to the Hairston-Gallant Scholarship Program must:
All questions and supplement materials (i.e., transcripts, resumes, etc.) should be emailed directly to the Scholarship Chairperson Sheila Hagwood at [email protected].
SCHOLARSHIP CHAIRPERSON
Sheila Hagwood
4180 Mt Olivet Rd
Martinsville, VA 24112
[email protected]
276-340-5533
www.hairstongallantfamilyreunion.net
Hairston-Gallant Scholarship Application Guidelines:
PURPOSE
To provide educational funds to a student who has shown an interest in promoting the continuum of the National Hairston-Gallant Reunion.
AWARD
One recipient will be awarded $1,000.00 for full-time study. (Scholarship award will be deposited into student’s account.)
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants to the Hairston-Gallant Scholarship Program must:
- Be a high school senior or graduate who has been accepted to a 2 or 4-year college, university, or technical/business school;
- Have a GPA of at least 3.0 or above;
- Provide a copy of recent transcript;
- Write an essay to include the following:
- Ancestry documentation
- High school data
- Name of postsecondary school you plan to attend. If unknown, please list in order of preference the schools to which you have applied (use official school names – no abbreviations).
- Description of any work experience (e.g. food server, babysitting, lawn mowing, office work).
- List of activities you participated in during the Hairston-Gallant Family Reunions locally and nationally. Also, list school and community activities with notation of any awards, honors and offices held.
- A brief statement of your plans/goals as they relate to your future.
- Explain how being a part of the Hairston-Gallant family has affected your life.
- Provide two letters of reference, one from a teacher and one from someone in the community (no family), i.e. pastor or employer.
All questions and supplement materials (i.e., transcripts, resumes, etc.) should be emailed directly to the Scholarship Chairperson Sheila Hagwood at [email protected].
SCHOLARSHIP CHAIRPERSON
Sheila Hagwood
4180 Mt Olivet Rd
Martinsville, VA 24112
[email protected]
276-340-5533
www.hairstongallantfamilyreunion.net
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