The annual Bahama Ruritan Lewis Roberts Scholarship is offering a $1000 scholarship to a Bahama student that is chosen from the entries received. The requirements are listed on the application and include a completed application, a short essay, and residency within 5 miles of the Bahama Ruritan Club. The application deadline will be April 30th, 2019.
They generally only get 4-6 applications, so the odds are in your favor!
See Ms. O'kane or the information board near the counseling office.
BAHAMA RURITAN CLUB
The ANNUAL LEWIS ROBERTS SCHOLARSHIP
The Bahama Ruritan Club is proud to sponsor the Annual Lewis Roberts
Scholarship. This Scholarship was established in 1986 to honor Mr. Roberts'
membership in the Bahama Ruritan Club, his long and faithful service to the
Bahama Community, and to help educate others in the value of a Ruritan
Club in a community.
This Scholarship may be provided to an eligible Applicant for use at an
Institution of Higher Learning, such as a University or College, a Technical
Institute or College, a Business College, or a School of Nursing.
Applications may be submitted based on the following requirements:
1. Applicants are required to be in their Senior Year of High School.
2. Applicants are required to live within a 5 mile radius of the Bahama
Ruritan Club building in Bahama, NC.
3. Applicants should have respectable academic performance.
4. Applicants should have financial need for the Scholarship.
5. Applicant are required to complete the attached application.
6. Applicants are required to write a 200- 250 word essay on “The Value
of a Ruritan Club in a Community”
7. Please submit the application and essay to the following address :
Lewis Roberts Scholarship Committee
Attention: Kammy Law, Scholarship Chairperson
PO Box 14
Bahama, NC 27503
Or email to:
kammylaw@aol.com
8. The application and essay are due by April 30, 2019.
9. The selected applicant will be notified by June 5, 2019 and the
scholarship will be awarded on June 11, 2019 at the monthly meeting
of the Bahama Ruritan members.
Please submit any questions about the Scholarship or the Application
to Kammy Law at kammylaw@aol.com.
