2024 SCHOLARSHIP

ANNOUNCEMENT OF COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPSTO HIGH SCHOOLS SENIORS

ILLINOIS SONS OF ITALY FOUNDATION

5149 Greentree Road

Oak Forest, Illinois 60452

The Illinois Sons of Italy Foundation of the Order Sons of Italy in America, a national fraternal society, is offering college scholarships to high school graduates of Italian ancestry. Scholarships, in the amount of $1000. will be awarded to graduating high school seniors, payable upon their enrollment in an academic junior college, college or university.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

1. Graduating senior who are wholly or partially of Italian ancestry from any recognized high school, public or private, within the Chicagoland area.

2. Application blanks will be mailed, or emailed to the applicant upon request

 Mail requests to Illinois Sons of Italy Foundation,

5149 Greentree Rd, Oak Forest, Illinois 60452, or

 email request to lloparco51@gmail.com

(with Grand Lodge Scholarship in the address line)

3. Scholarships will be based upon the following consideration:

(a) financial need

(b) academic record

(c) high school activity record

(d) other evidence of ability or leadership

(e) personal statements

(f) recommendation

(g) Membership or Affiliation to the Organization of the Sons and Daughters of Italy in America (not required), but will receive priority consideration.

 4. The application must be complete and signed by the candidate and by a parent or guardian of the candidate. Supporting documents include:

(a) an official transcript which includes grades for the first semester of senior year.

(b) two letters of recommendation, one from a faculty member or counselor.

(c) a short essay stating the candidate’s educational goals, future aspirations and what the candidate’s Italian heritage means to him or her.

(d) photo (preferably a headshot)

5. The application, properly executed by the candidate, parent or guardian along with the supporting documents, must be submitted to the Scholarship Committee not later than July 20.2024.

6. The winners will be notified sometime in August 2024.

Questions:  Call 708-560-0632  and leave a message beginning with OSDIA Grand Lodge Scholarship at the beginning of the message. 

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