Youth Scholarship Information
Extra-Curricular Youth Scholarships:
We distribute scholarships to Little Buddies, Experiential Group Mentoring Program youth and wait listed youth to participate in enriching extra-curricular activities that they would otherwise not be able to afford.
We hold two scholarships seasons; Winter and Summer Scholarships. After a youth fills out an application, we will award up to $100 to the child’s activity of choice.
2011 Winter Scholarship:
The deadline has passed. The Buddy Program awarded 73 scholarships to our Little Buddies for extra-curricular activities, totaling $5,560! Please look out for our next scholarship round in the spring of 2012.
Continuing Education Scholarships:
We offer scholarships for continuing education to Little Buddies who stay with their Big Buddy through their senior year, youth enrolled in the Experiential Group Mentoring Programs throughout high school, as well as high school seniors who have volunteered as Big Buddies in the Peer-to-Peer Program for at least two years and who plan to attend college.
2012 Continuing Education Scholarship Application - Application is DUE: March 2, 2012
“I would like to start by saying thank you so much! You have made my dream to go to college tangible. I am so thankful for your program and more than happy to be a part of it. I do not know where I will be attending school next year but I will make sure to let you know as soon as I do. I can’t express how thankful I am for the grant you have chosen to give me. It really does mean the world.”
- Mary Beasley, Scholarship Recipient in the Peer-to-Peer Program
"What I like about the Buddy Program is the opportunity that this program offers children to interact with other adults, and that it helps to create a healthy relationship with someone safe. Thank you so much for letting my children to have the opportunity to be in this program.”
- Ligia Bonilla, mother of 3 boys in the Buddy Program
