Elks offering scholarships in 2016 ADVERTISING Elks offering scholarships in 2016 The Elks National Foundation will award 500 four-year scholarships to the highest-rated applicants in the 2016 competition. The 2016 Most Valuable Student scholarship contest is open to any high
Elks offering scholarships in 2016
The Elks National Foundation will award 500 four-year scholarships to the highest-rated applicants in the 2016 competition.
The 2016 Most Valuable Student scholarship contest is open to any high school senior who is a U.S. citizen. Applicants will be judged on scholarship, leadership and financial need. Applications for the 2016 contest are available to download now. The application must be submitted to the Elks Lodge nearest to the applicant’s home by Dec. 4.
Applications must advance through local, district and state competitions to reach national judging. At each level of judging, the Elks National Foundation Scholarship Office will send email notifications to applicants informing them if they advanced in the contest or not. The first round of email notifications will be sent in mid-January, after lodge judging is completed. District judging will be completed in late January, and state judging will be completed in mid-February.
In late April, the 20 top finalists will participate in a leadership weekend in Chicago during which they’ll interview with the national judges. These 20 finalists will be vying for two first-place awards of $50,000; two second-place awards of $40,000; and two third-place awards of $30,000. The remaining 14 finalists will receive awards of $20,000. The 480 runners-up will receive fifth-place scholarships of $4,000.
Ranging from $1,000 per year to $12,500 per year, Most Valuable Student scholarships are for students pursuing a four-year degree, on a full-time basis in a U.S. college or university. All scholarships are in the form of certificates of award conditional upon the full-time enrollment of the winner in an accredited U.S. college or university.
Requests for additional information in West Hawaii should be addressed to the scholarship chairs, Joe or Mary Reynolds of Kona Lodge 2616, konajoe@hawaiiantel.net or phone 334-0077.
Senior Roundtable Hui meets Tuesday
The Senior Roundtable Hui will discuss aging tips for caregivers on Tuesday. Discussion will utilize a 10-question list covering items that may remind attendees of holiday memories and gain ideas about ways to create new ones.
The hui is a gathering of seniors, family members, aging industry and anyone interested in aging issues. The group meets from 1:30 to 3 p.m., the first Tuesday of each month at the Pink Mocha Cafe just above Home Depot.
For more information, contact Laura Guluzzy, gerontologist and facilitator, at 326-2100 or writerlsg@gmail.com. All are welcome.
Suicide prevention task force to meet
The West Hawaii Suicide Prevention Task Force meets from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the West Hawaii Community Health Center, 75-5751 Kuakini Highway. Everyone is encouraged to attend. The task force’s mission is suicide prevention and support to families and friends who are left behind in the wake of suicide.
For more information, call 333-8988 or refer to preventsuicidekona.com.
Kailua-Kona Seniors annual business meeting planned
Kailua-Kona Seniors will hold an annual business meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hale Halawai. Election of officers for 2016 will follow and November birthdays will be celebrated.
For more information, call Dave at 345-1388 or Pat at 329-2424.
Words and Wine scheduled Tuesday
Authors LiAnn Uyeda, Jaime Johnson and Saarah E. Felix will be featured during Kona Stories Book Shop’s Words and Wine event at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Keauhou Shopping Center.
Uyeda explores the connection between cooking and living in her book, “Cooking in Pono,” which offers local food recipes paired with inspiring stories about healing, growing, learning and living in pono.
Felix expresses herself in the language of light and is the designer of the new consciousness card deck “Sacred Awakening.” She is a reiki master, life enhancement coach and sacred card reader, assisting people on their journey.
Johnson is a ninth grade English teacher and former director of education at Brukner Nature Center. “The Ghost of Donley Farm” is her debut picture book about Rebecca, a red-tailed hawk that ventures into a barn to meet the famous ghost of Donley Farm.
This event starts at 6 p.m. with an informal meet and greet merging into a more formal book presentation from each author and concluding around 8 p.m. after a question and answer session.
For more information, call Brenda or Joy at 324-0350.
