| Do you want to find some easy scholarships? | | | | The amount usually ranges from $500 to $1000. These |
| Community based scholarships for high school | | | | awards tend to be available for students with grade |
| students are easy to apply for and often result in | | | | point averages above 3.0. Sometimes test scores and |
| money for most of the people who apply. | | | | community service or leadership activities are taken |
| Local businesses and community organizations and | | | | into account. |
| service clubs often put together scholarships for high | | | | Don't overlook the possibility that some local |
| school students. These don't usually provide big money | | | | organizations and businesses offer scholarships |
| like full tuition, but they are easy scholarships to obtain. | | | | outside of the group fund. Your guidance counselor |
| The first step is to talk to your high school guidance | | | | should be able to provide you with the details of |
| counselor about what community scholarships exist. | | | | applying for these awards as well. |
| Often, they are pooled into one fund and all students | | | | If you are involved with a specific service club such as |
| who are qualified can interview. Then, each winning | | | | Circle K (for the Kiwanas) or Leos (for the Lions Club), |
| student receives an award. | | | | find out if there are special scholarships in the |
| You do not have to apply for each scholarship | | | | sponsoring organization for students who volunteer in |
| separately. This minimizes the amount of effort on | | | | their communities. Often, a side benefit of membership |
| your part and lets the organizations know that as | | | | in these organization is the availability of scholarship |
| many students as possible are being helped. | | | | money. |
| Service clubs and community organizations donate | | | | Scholarships for high school students are available |
| money because their mission is to serve the | | | | from community sources. Take advantage of these |
| community. Businesses donate because they get | | | | easy scholarships. |
| positive public relations from it. | | | | |