Deadline Friday for Commissary Scholarships

FORT BRAGG, N.C. –  February 22 is the deadline for students to apply for this year's Defense Commissary Agency Scholarships for Military Children Program is fast approaching. All students interested and eligible to apply are encouraged to gather their materials and submit their applications as soon as possible. 

One of the items needed includes an essay on the following topic: “Please discuss in detail how one of the first ladies (since 1933) has made an impact on a social issue in the United States.”

Scholarship awards will be based on funds available, but the scholarship program awards at least $1,500 at each commissary. If there are no eligible applicants from a particular commissary, the funds designated for that commissary will be awarded as an additional scholarship at another store.

The Scholarships for Military Children Program was created in 2001 to recognize the contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force and to celebrate the role of the commissary in the military family community.

Applications are available in commissaries worldwide and online at http://www.militaryscholar.org. Applications must be turned in to a commissary by close of business Feb. 22. Commissaries can be found at www.commissaries.com, then click the link Locations at the top of the page.

To apply for a scholarship, the student must be a dependent, unmarried child, younger than 21 — or 23, if enrolled as a full-time student at a college or university — of a service member on active duty, reservist, guardsman, retiree or survivor of a military member who died while on active duty or survivor of a retiree. Eligibility is determined using the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System database.

--Media Release from Fort Bragg Public Affairs Office