$2,000 grant will start scholarship fund for Island students

Grand Island Dispatch, November 24, 2006

The Board of Directors of Grand Island’s Dollars for Scholars chapter.

Believing that every student desiring a post-secondary education deserves the means to achieve it, dedicated residents from Grand Island have formed a Dollars for Scholars chapter with the help of a $2,000 start-up grant from the AXA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of AXA Financial.

Dollars for Scholars, a program of Scholarship America, has a national network of more than 1,200 grassroots scholarships foundations in 40 states and the District of Columbia that raise funds to support local students.

In 2005, Dollars for Scholars chapters awarded almost $29 million in scholarships to more than 35,000 students. Scholarship America is the nation’s largest nonprofit, private sector scholarship and educational support organization, and has distributed more than $1 billion to more than one million students since 1958.

AXA Financial, a world-class financial services company, is dedicated to providing people with access to resources and information necessary to help them secure their futures and realize their dreams. AXA Financial is one of the nation’s largest corporate providers of scholarships and a comprehensive financial resource for students and their parents.

“Grand Island Dollars for Scholars chapter hopes to award at least $2,000 in scholarships to local students in its first year. The number of scholarships awarded will increase as additional funds are raised,” said James Sharpe, chapter president.

For more information or to donate, contact Sharpe at 773-2279.