Wauconda chamber educational scholarships available, fundraiser planned
The Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that applications for its 2012 educational scholarships are now available.
Completed applications must be postmarked by Friday, April 6 for consideration.
The chamber awards a minimum of $4,000 in annual scholarships to graduates of Wauconda Unit District 118, or immediate family members or employees of current Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce members.
The number of qualifying applicants determines the number of individual awards and amounts given. A panel composed of chamber members evaluates each application.
The scholarships are based on a broad spectrum of criteria including, but not limited to: character, initiative, academics, financial need, entrepreneurship, life goals, and philanthropic involvement. The chamber seeks to reward those students who may not meet the traditional requirements of financial need or academic excellence.
“The chamber recognizes that the key to career success relies just as much on personal drive and contribution to humanity as do the standard measures of accomplishment,” stated Dave Hostman, the chamber’s scholarship fund chairman.
A fundraising event specifically created for the scholarship fund is scheduled for Saturday, March 31. The chamber’s second annual candlelight bowl, appropriately themed, “Education … Where the Sky’s the Limit,” will be at 3-D Bowl in Island Lake.
Tickets are $25 per bowler and include three games, shoes, and a two-hour buffet of hot appetizers. There will also be a silent auction, a raffle drawing for 42-inch plasma TV, and a chance to win many other prizes from 3-D Bowl, the chamber and event sponsor Ray Auto Group of Fox Lake.
Scholarship applications can be obtained through the Wauconda High School counseling office at 555 N. Main St., the chamber office at 100 N. Main Street, or online at www.waucondaareachamber.org. Tickets for the Candlelight Bowl fundraising event can be purchased by calling (847) 526-5580 or email at dberg@waucondachamber.org.