Deadline: Applications are accepted Monday, October 19 - Monday, December 21, 2009 for the Spring 2010 semester
Application Process: Fill out the application and submit it along with your story.
Previous Applicants: You may enter one story each year of eligibility. However, each story must be an original story honoring a different elder.

Story Content: You are encouraged to narrowly focus on the intergenerational strenghts of African-American or Hispanic cultures and your achievements. Include

• The life and values of the elder in your community
• The elder's support and inspiration for you
• The elder's effect on your life personally and academically
• The meaningfulness of the relationship between you and your elder

Story Format:

• Typed on white paper, double spaced, no more than 2-pages.
• Times New Roman font, 12 pt. font size with 1” margins top and bottom and 1.25” margins left and right.
• Formal or narrative essay styles only (no poetry) with a title.

Online Submission: If you plan to submit your application and story online, first prepare your story according to the instructions above, then copy and paste it into the story area of the online application.

*Indicates a required item

You are applying for the Greater Texas Foundation-Generation Proud Scholarship.

Applicant's Personal Information

*Salutation    Mr.     Mrs./Ms.

*First Name      *Last Name    

*Address 

*City       *State   Select State Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming      *Zip 

*Telephone       *Email  

*How do you prefer to be contacted by us?    Mail     Email     Telephone

*Do you 
               Currently attend high school at
               Currently attend community college at
               Other    Please explain

What community college campus or university are you enrolled for Spring 2010?
 

Elder's Information

*Is your elder   African-American  or    Hispanic ?

*Elder's Salutation    Mr.     Mrs./Ms.

*Elder's Name 

*Elder's Relationship  

*Is your elder still living?   No    Yes   If yes, please provide mailing address.

Address 

City      State  Select State Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming     Zip 

Telephone      Email  

How did you hear about the Celebrating Our Elders scholarship project?

Applicant's Online Story

Remember, you must complete your story now to submit it online. The application cannot be saved and finished later.

Copy and paste the story you created in Word or other text editor, into the story field.
It will look different than a story submitted on paper. This is ok.
We are much more concerned about what you have to say and do not require fancy formatting.

Make sure the story title is the first line, and single space your online story.
You cannot adjust the formatting to change the font style, font size or make words bold.

Your online story is limited to 3900 characters, including spaces.
The javascript character counter below the story counts the characters in your story and will not permit more than 3900 characters. If javascript is disabled in your browser, this counter will not work and you will have to find another way to count characters. For example, in Word 2007, you can check the number of characters, including spaces, by going to the Review tab > Proofing > Word Count.

If your story exceeds 3900 characters, it will cause an error when submitted or be incompletely submitted.

Story Title  

Your Story

characters available

Submitting your application may take several minutes even with a fast internet connection.
Your application data is sent securely.
Please note: On Sundays 6:00am to as late as 2:00pm, the system may be down for maintenance.
Should you have any difficulties submitting your form then, please try at a different time.

You will see a Thank You message when your application is successfully sent.