Perry Fund Scholarships for Students : Accepting Applications
Perry Fund Accepting Applications for 2003-2004
and 2004-2005 School Years, Providing Scholarships for Students Losing
Aid Because of Drug Convictions.
The John W. Perry Fund, a project of the DRCNet
Foundation in association with Students for Sensible Drug Policy,
provides college scholarships to students losing federal financial aid
because of drug convictions. The Fund has monies remaining for Fall 2003
as well as future semesters, and eligible students are urged to apply as
soon as possible.
Please visit
http://www.raiseyourvoice.com/perryfund/
to fill out a pre-application, print out an application form or
brochure, or for further information. Students, financial aid officers,
friends and family members and supporters of students, as well as media,
activists, potential donors and other interested parties, are all
welcome to contact us!
Supportive parties are urged to take copies around
to financial aid offices, social services agencies whose clientele are
likely to include drug ex-offenders, high school guidance offices, and
to forward information about the Perry Fund to appropriate e-mail lists.
Community and state colleges are of particular interest to the Perry
Fund, because the low tuition rates enable us to fully finance a
student's education in many cases, and because their student bodies
include a high proportion of low income with especially great financial
need.
Any applicant losing federal financial aid due to
a drug conviction, however, attempting to attend any school, is welcome
and encouraged to apply. We continue to raise money for the Perry Fund,
and the more applications we have received, the more money we will
likely be able to raise for them.
Please urge potential applicants to visit:
http://www.raiseyourvoice.com/perryfund/ for information and
to apply, or to contact DRCNet at (202) 362-0030. Thank you for
spreading the word.
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