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TOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, INC.
OTTAWA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Catawba Island Club Employee Scholarship
2007-2008 Information Sheet

PURPOSE:
To encourage educational advancement by providing scholarships to full-time and/or seasonal employees of the Catawba Island Club who are enrolled at an accredited, nonprofit two-year or four-year college, technical college or trade school. Applicants must be U.S. citizens.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR ELIGIBILITY:

• First-time applicants must be full-time or seasonal employees of the Catawba Island Club. A full-
  time employee must have been employed continuously for at least one year prior to June 1, 2007
  and have averaged 25 hours per week in the six-month period beginning January 1, 2007. A
  seasonal employee must have averaged 25 hours per week in the period May through September
  2006. Verification of employment status must be provided by a manager/supervisor of the
  Catawba Island Club (see line #6 of the application form).
• The applicant must be a high school graduate or possess a valid GED certificate.
• If enrolled in a degree-based program, the applicant must have a 2.5 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent) at the high school or college level (whichever is applicable).

HOW TO APPLY:

• Applicants must submit:
• A completed scholarship application, with signature of a Catawba Island Club manager/
  supervisor if first-time applicant, as indicated in #6 on the application form. This also includes
  an activities sheet, as indicated in # 8 on the application form and no more than a one page
  essay (double-spaced) describing his/her qualifications for consideration for the
  scholarship, as indicated in #16 on the application form;
• At least one letter of recommendation, one of which must be from a current employer;
• An official copy of his/her most recent academic (high school or college) transcript if enrolled in
  a degree-based program, or a copy of his/her GED certificate.

Mail all application materials (postmarked by Tuesday, June 12, 2007) to:
Ms. Joanne Olnhausen;
Toledo Community Foundation, Inc.;
608 Madison Avenue,
Suite 1540; Toledo,
OH 43604-1151.
Questions to
Ms. Olnhausen at 419-241-5049 or Joanne@toledocf.org.

BASIS FOR SELECTION:
Scholarship recipients will be nominated by the Toledo Community Foundation’s Scholarship Advisory Committee and approved by the Foundation’s Board of Trustees. In assessing candidates for this scholarship, the Advisory Committee will take into consideration individual character/motivation, scholastic aptitude and academic achievement, as well as financial need as demonstrated by the information submitted on the scholarship application, transcript/academic records, letters of reference and essay. If deemed necessary, a personal interview with a member of the Scholarship Advisory Committee and a Foundation
representative will be scheduled. Interviews would be scheduled for early July 2007.

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