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AFSCME Family Scholarship

Scholarship Opening Date: August 1, 2008

Looking for financial support for college?  Each year the AFSCME Family Scholarship Program provides at least 13 $2,000 scholarships to high school seniors that will be renewed for $2,000 each year for a maximum of four years, provided the student remains enrolled in a full-time course of study. The scholarship may be used for any field of study. 

Are You Eligible?

To be eligible, you must:
  • Be a graduating high school senior in 2009 
  • Be a daughter, son or financially dependent grandchild of an active or retired AFSCME member.
  • Be an applicant to an accredited college or university and subsequently accepted as a full-time student in a four year degree program.

How to Apply

To apply, you must meet all eligibility requirements as identified above. Make sure your complete application, with all support documentation (essay, transcripts, letters of recommendations, SAT or ACT scores, proof of AFSCME membership, etc.), is mailed together in one envelope, POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 31, 2008, to:

AFSCME Family Scholarship Program
Attention: Education Department
1625 L Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

Download the brochure and application (208k PDF)

You can also request an application by using our contact form (please specify the AFSCME Family Scholarship Application in your message).

If you have any questions, please call us at (202) 429-1250.

Sponsored by AES

The AFSCME Family Scholarship is sponsored by American Education Services.

2008 AFSCME FAMILY Scholarship Winners

Congratulations to Ashley Brown, daughter of Wychinna Atkinson Brown from District Council 37/Local 1070; August Browning son of Gregory Emmett Browning, from Local 52; Joshua DeSilva, son George Frank DeSilva, Jr. from Local 500; Amanda Dibben, daughter of Lori K. Gritton from Council 61/Local 12; Oliver Gaffney, son Rosemary Sullivan-Gaffney from Council 4/Local 1303; Ashleigh Gerstner, daughter of Patricia Gerstner from CSEA/Local 1000/859; Elyse Hendricks, daughter of David E. Hendricks, Jr. from Council 41/Local 3349; Michael Liuzzi, son of Susan Liuzzi from CSEA/Local 1000/870; Phoenix Mason, son of Cher Mason from Council 36/Local 575; Kristina Penny from Council 25/Local 1231; Matthew Pina, son Fernando Pina from Council 93/Local 1153; Katherine Porzel daughter of Walter D. Porzel from Council 26/Local 3925; Tiffany Swann, daughter of Lisa Turner from Council 24/Local 2748.

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