Group pledges 1,300 scholarships to Phila. children
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER The Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia yesterday announced it would offer 1,300 new four-year scholarships to help low-income families send their children to nonpublic elementary schools in 2009-10.
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
The Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia yesterday announced it would offer 1,300 new four-year scholarships to help low-income families send their children to nonpublic elementary schools in 2009-10.
During a news conference at a Wawa convenience store on Academy Road in Northeast Philadelphia, scholarship officials said recent contributions totaling more than $1 million from several corporations, including Wawa, Urban Outfitters, Verizon Wireless, Comcast and Aramark, would enable the program to provide 300 more new scholarships than last year.
Children's Scholarship Fund worked with the Business Leadership Organized for Catholic Schools to obtain the contributions. That organization will help distribute applications.
Children's Scholarship Fund currently assists 3,000 low-income Philadelphia families who send children from kindergarten through eighth grade to nonpublic schools.
The average annual scholarship is $1,200 per child. More than 200 nonpublic schools in the city with an average tuition of $2,400 participate in the program.
The scholarships are based on financial need and awarded by lottery.
Applications were scheduled to be available at all branches of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Police Athletic League centers, Philadelphia recreation centers, and Wawas throughout the city.
They also are available at
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The deadline is March 1. Only the first 6,000 received will be processed and entered in the lottery. Scholarships will be awarded in mid-March.
























