Willington Scholarship Foundation Dollars for Scholars, Inc.® Receives $5,000 Matching Grant from Scholarship America® to Help Fund Renewable, Financially Impactful Scholarships

 

Willington Scholarship Foundation Dollars for Scholars, Inc.® is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $5,000 matching grant from Scholarship America, the parent organization to Dollars for Scholars affiliates across the country.

The grant, if matched with an equal amount of funds raised by Willington Scholarship Foundation Dollars for Scholars, Inc., will provide deserving students the opportunity to receive financially impactful, renewable scholarships, further aligning itself with Scholarship America's renewed focus of helping students complete their degree or program with a reduced level of debt.

"Renewable, financially impactful scholarships that are directed to students with the greatest financial need will be an important tool to improving educational outcomes in our Dollars for Scholars communities," said Scholarship America's President and CEO, Lauren Segal. "Our goal with the Dollars for Scholars Affiliate Matching program is to partner with our affiliates and their local supporters to build and sustain renewable scholarship opportunities so that more students across the country can complete their degree or program with a reduced level of debt."

In addition to receiving the $5,000 grant, our organization will also receive personalized support and tools from Scholarship America to ensure that the program will remain successful in the future.  You will hear more from us about this new scholarship as our annual appeal for donations begins in 2016.