Twelfth Annual Afscme Council 93
M. MICHAEL BOTELHO SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

The AFSCME Council 93 is proud to announce its twelfth annual M. Michael Botelho Scholarship Award in the amount of $1,000 awarded each year to a student enrolled in a two-year or four year accredited college.

Eligibility:

• Open to Council 93 members and their spouses, children, stepchildren, grandchildren, or legal dependent.  (Proof of AFSCME membership required)

• Acceptance into or already attending an accredited college or university, community college or recognized technical or trade school at the time of the award.  Graduate students are not eligible.

• Only one application will be accepted per individual.

DEADLINE DATE:

The winner will be notified by July 15, 2009.  The scholarship award will be made at the AFSCME Council 93 Convention Banquet.

AWARD CRITERIA:

• $1,000 scholarship awarded each year for a two-year or four-year accredited college.  Proof of enrollment must be received by July 1st of each school year.

• Applicants must submit a typewritten, double-spaced essay entitled “Unions have been important to my family because …”.  Essay must be between 500 – 750 words.  The Scholarship Committee suggests that students contact their parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors or friends to learn what labor union membership and participation may have meant to them.  Union members are encouraged to discuss the essay with their children, grandchildren, and others, to relate their own experiences as possible topics for the essays.

• The Scholarship Committee will determine the award based upon the essay and completed application form.  Upon receipt of each scholarship application, the applicant’s name and local number will be separately indexed.  Once completed, this information will then be obscured to assure complete impartiality by the Scholarship Committee.  The decision of the Committee is final.

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