Retirement Home Scholarship Application
Guidelines
Applicant must be a member of Hermann Sons Life for a minimum of five years and have a certificate of insurance and local lodge dues paid up at application date.
A $1,500 scholarship will be awarded to one student from each of the five Hermann Sons Life regions as chosen by the Home Scholarship Selection Committee. The scholarship application must be submitted by April 1 of the year the applicant plans to attend his or her first year at a four-year university, two-year community college or trade school.
The student may make application for the Hermann Sons Life Retirement Home Scholarship in addition to any other local lodge scholarship program.
Scholarships will be awarded to recipients during their schools’ annual scholarship awards program or commencement exercises. The scholarship must be used within one year of notification or recipient will forfeit the scholarship. Upon registration at the school of choice, send a copy of classes and fees paid to Hermann Sons Life Retirement Home Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 689, Comfort, Texas 78013-0689 and the recipient will personally will receive a check for $1,500.
High school grades will have no bearing on qualifications to receive this scholarship, only the student’s desire to better himself/herself. Transcripts, resumes and other letters of support or recommendation will not be read by the scholarship judging committee. Do not send them with your application.
The recipients will be notified before the news is made public.