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Over $3 million in scholarship funds available for Fox Valley students through Community Foundation · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Over three million dollars in scholarship funds available for Fox
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  Valley students through Community Foundation. This article is being read
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  by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. If
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  you're a Fox Valley resident in search of support to
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  attend college, graduate school, or trade school, the apply to
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  the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley's Scholarship Program.
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  The deadline to apply for the twenty twenty six twenty
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  seven school year is four pm on Tuesday, January twentieth.
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  Apply online today at CFFRV dot org. Students only need
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  to complete one application to be considered for one of
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  the hundreds of available awards. The Community Foundation's Scholarship Program
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  consists of more than five hundred community sourced scholarship funds
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  created by Fox Valley area donors, including individuals, families, local businesses, clubs,
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  and association. These awards are available to high school seniors,
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  college undergrads, and graduate students, as well as trade school
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  students who live in Kendall County, Southern King County, and
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  the city of Aurora. Last spring, a record three point
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  four million dollars was awarded to five hundred and sixty
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  nine students ranging in age from sixteen to forty seven
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  years old for use over the next four years, all
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  thanks to the generosity of Fox Valley residents, Scholarship program
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  manager Beth Christoffel said in a news release. Since its
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  founding in nineteen forty eight, the Community Foundation has awarded
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  over thirty point seven million dollars in scholarships to area residents.
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  The inspiration for each fund varies as much as the
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  donors who establish them, The feudation said. Many honor a
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  family member or co worker's memory. Some are unrestricted by
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  field of study, while others support specific occupations like education, nursing, construction,
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  or roofing. According to the foundation, most funds are based
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  on fundinancial need, while others reward merit and academic achievement.
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  Many are renewable for up to four years. The foundation
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  said all applicants must plan to attend an accredited US
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  post secondary institution full time. The Community Foundation of the
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  Fox River Valley manages these scholarships to enhance the quality
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  of life across Aurora, Kinge County and Kendall County.