Scholarships

There are some scholarships from the schools (public and private), and there are a number of small, local scholarships. If you are a junior, ask your guidance counselor for a list. I also saw them in the local paper when my kids were in school, but you need to know about them BEFORE they announce the winners. There were some from local businesses - Pepsi bottlers, photographers - and a lot of the civic organization like Elks, American legion. At the end of senior year they had an awards ceremony and all these were awarded. Most were from the schools or military, but there were the unknown ones like $500 for making a safety video (I think the only ones who tried got it because no one knew about it), some for music and art, photography, essays.

Bright Futures is not going away (yet). Right now they are trying to move the funding to the general budget, and then the legislature will have more control on how much the scholarships are worth.