State Community Service Scholarships
New in 1998, this award is part of the Miss America Organization's endeavor to assist in the expansion of scholarship provision throughout the state and local programs. Each eligible state will receive a $1,000 scholarship for a contestant demonstrating exemplary community service initiatives.
This award will be administered exclusively by the Scholarship America. National office will notify the state executive director who can plan the award ceremony as part of his or her state pageant.
The State Community Service Scholarship competition is only opened to those contestants competing at the state level. Each applicant must complete an application, along with a presentation 'package‘ containing required elements which illustrate their service. Applications and elements will be available through each state's executive director.
State executive directors must distribute information about the award to each contestant as soon as she wins her local title. Deadlines are established by Scholarship America for each individual state. Each deadline will provide for a substantial period of time preceding the state's competition. Any names submitted after deadlines will not be eligible.
Applicants must demonstrate that they have fulfilled a legitimate need in their community through the creation, development and/or participation in a community service project.
Scholarship America will advise national office of winners in each state, and national office will advise the state in plenty of time to plan for an award presentation before or during each state's competition.
The scholarship will be paid to the winners by the Miss America Organization. Awards may be used as set forth in the scholarship rules and regulations of the recipients' individual state programs.
A contestant may not win both the State Community Service Scholarship and the Miss State Scholar Award in her state. Top consideration will be given to the State Community Service Award. If one contestant ranks highest for both awards, she will be selected as the winner of the State Community Service Scholarship. The state program will pick the next-best scholar to be the recipient of the Miss State Scholar award.
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