by Kathleen Radock, Communications and Development Manager
Thanks to grant support from the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, OPDC’s School 2 Career program is pleased to offer two $500 college scholarships to graduating seniors of University Prep Milliones.
Interested students can submit their applications online at bit.ly/milliones21. Applications must include a recommendation from a teacher or other mentor.
OPDC has offered School 2 Career scholarships for 20 years, but this is our first time offering a funding opportunity to students exclusively at a partner school. S2C Program Director Karla Stallworth is excited to offer this new scholarship opportunity and to highlight Milliones.
"We love University Prep Milliones. We love the direction the school is going this year - they are doing so much to keep the students engaged. We really wanted to do something special to support them specifically."
Milliones has fewer than 100 seniors. Stallworth hopes that the small pool means funding will be a more accessible option. "A lot of times students look at scholarships that are on a national level and are highly competitive because of the large pool of applicants. We didn't want to make this scholarship so competitive that seniors wouldn't apply due to the number of students involved. Being able to offer it in our community to our partner school - it's something we became very passionate about."
Students do not have to be enrolled in S2C programming to be eligible for the scholarship. Stallworth added that this opportunity is part of School 2 Career broadening its scope of support. "School 2 Career has been blessed this year with COVID support grants for families and scholarships for students. We wanted to share that with our community school."
The deadline to submit an application and recommendation is May 15, 2021. Visit School 2 Career online at www.opdc.org/school2career and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/school2career.