2024 Community Service Scholarship

The NAACP Lincoln Branch has up to five (5) Community Service Scholarships available to Lincoln Public School (LPS) high school seniors. Dollar amount varies, with a maximum of $1,500.

Eligibility:
Any LPS high school graduating senior (regardless of race, gender, ethnic origin, or sexual orientation) who will attend a post-secondary accredited institution in the fall of 2024. Grade point average of 2.5 or above and a current member of the NAACP. List civil rights activities you participated in and your role.

Purpose:
To provide scholarships to up to five (5) deserving LPS high school graduating seniors intending to enter a post secondary accredited institution in the fall of 2024.

Scholarship Criteria:
Applicants must demonstrate a record of service to members of their local community as documented through letters of recommendation. Examples of community service include civil rights activities, promoting diversity through organizational work, assisting low-income families, the elderly, veterans, and or the disabled.

Conditions for payment of scholarship funds:
Successful scholarship recipients must provide proof of enrollment from the post-secondary institution prior to receiving scholarship funds. The proof of enrollment should be sent by the post-secondary institution To the NAACP Scholarship Awards Committee.

Application Document

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