Waterfront Environmental Committee Offer Scholarships to St. Clair Shores Students

The St. Clair Shores Waterfront Environmental Committee, the We Are Here Foundation, Inc. and State Rep. Sarah Roberts, D-St. Clair Shores, is offering at least three competitive scholarship awards of $500 to outstanding class of 2014 senior high school students who either live in St. Clair Shores or attends high school in St. Clair Shores.

Funding for these scholarships are from the We Are Here Foundation, Inc. and Roberts, according to a release.

Scholarship recipients will be selected by the Waterfront Environmental Committee’s Scholarship Subcommittee, and the scholarship money must go towards tuition at a 4-year university or 2-year degree program. 

Applicants are asked to submit:

• Completed application form (attached to this story) including your typed, double spaced answers to the eight questions on separate sheets,
• One letter of recommendation on school letterhead from one of your current or past teachers and
• Applicant involved in at least one of the St. Clair Shores Waterfront Environmental Committee’s projects (Nautical Coast Cleanup, Storm Drain Stenciling, I-94 Cleanup, etc.). 

The deadline for receipt of all application materials is 4 p.m., Friday, November 29, 2013 at the St. Clair Shores City Clerk’s office in City Hall.. For more information, call (586) 774-4750.

"The St. Clair Shores Waterfront Environmental Committee is committed to the conservation, protection, safe use and enjoyment of Lake St. Clair for current and future generations," wrote Joe St. John, chairman of the committee, in a release.