FOL Community Scholarships for College Tuition/Expenses
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​SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS 
2018 Application and Guidelines 
will be posted
​January 2, 2018
Application Deadline - March 2, 2018
Winners will be notified in early May. 
The award can cover eligible expenses including tuition, room and board, and/or books.

The Friends award 2 FOL Funded Scholarships ​Each Year.

​The Friends Community Scholarship program assists deserving graduating senior students in realizing their educational dreams.

The Friends anticipate awarding 2 scholarships of $1,000 each year to help worth college-bound students who will attend an accredited two-year or four-year college or university.

​Scholarship recipients must be Shenendehowa High School students and/or residents of the Library tax district.

You Can Sponsor a Scholarship OR Contribute to our Community- Funded Scholarships .

Goal to Reach Next $1,000 Scholarship
30%
30% Goal Achieved!
Recognize more worthy college-bound students (see two ways below)
​You, our community, help fund additional scholarships. A generous donation from Karen and Lester Gerhardt will fund a 3rd scholarship each year through 2021, and a Community Supported Scholarship made up of donations from people like you will fund a scholarship each time the total fund reaches $1,000. Scroll down for more information on becoming a scholarship supporter. Here's where our Community-Supported Scholarship stands now: 
Join Us in Funding Additional Scholarships and Send a Strong Message that We are Stakeholders
​ in the Future of our Young People.

The Friends will Award 1 More Scholarship Thanks to Entrichment Dollars. 
There are now 3 for 2018!

Help Us Do More!

​Our Community Scholarships Program keeps growing!
Through your memberships and used book sale proceeds, the Friends award 2 scholarships each year.
In 2017, a local family, the Gerhardts, sponsored another scholarship.

​Other members of the community have told us that, although they are not able to support an entire scholarship, they would like to be part of the effort, so we have initiated a Community-Supported Scholarship  Fund to which anyone can contribute any amount.

So, there are now two options :
  • Donate to the Community-Supported Scholarship fund in any amount, Or
  • Sponsor a Full Scholarship.

                 (Read details in next column.) 
Our initial effort to explore an infusion of funds to support more scholarships met with great success when the Gerhardts offered to kick off our campaign.
Karen and Lester Gerhardt, long-time members of the community, and patrons and lovers of our Library, sponsored their first $1,000 Scholarship for 2017 for a deserving local high school student who will be attending college (see awards and photos here). 
The second annual Karen and Lester Gerhardt 2018 Scholarship will be available to all graduating seniors in 2018.
​The Scholarship Application period
​begins January 2, 2018

This is a multi-year donation.

Two Ways You, Your Family, Your Organization Can Help Us
​Award Additional Scholarships

1. Community-Supported Scholarship 

(See chart above for Goal Achieved to date.)

Any Amount. You Decide.

Community-Supported Scholarship - Donations are welcome, in any amount.  When the fund reaches $1,000, we will award another scholarship in addition to the three currently awarded.  

​Donors may be anonymous or may allow their names and donations to be noted in our newsletter and on this page to encourage other donations.
If You Wish to Contribute:

​Make check payable to
​Friends of CPH Library  

Mail check to:
Friends of CPH Library
475 Moe Road
Clifton Park, NY 12065

Include separate sheet with donor name(s) and whether we may thank you in our newsletter and on our website or you wish to remain anonymous.

2. Sponsor a Full Scholarship

Sponsor a Scholarship - in Your name, a Family name, Company or Organization, or to Remember a loved one, Honor a friend. We invite additional donations by families, individuals or groups of individuals, and by companies and organizations to support additional scholarships. Each $1,000 scholarship may be named in honor or memory of a friend or loved one or as part of an organization's or group's community giving, or simply be made anonymously.  ​​
Make check payable per instructions above or 
Contact us​ to explore how you may wish to name or frame your sponsorship according to your intentions.