Scholarship Awards Presentation

19th Annual Scholarship Awards Presentation Information Packet Empowering a Generation

Scholarship Foundation An Entity Designed to Inspire Hope in the Lives of Promising Individual! Greetings to the Churches within the Long Beach community The Long Beach Ministers Alliance Scholarship Foundation was born out of an earnest desire to aide in the success of those promising, yet economically disadvantaged young people in the Long Beach Community. Our goal is to provide the resources necessary for them to achieve their academic and/or vocational dreams. Therefore, we are currently soliciting candidates from your community of faith for our 2010 scholarship campaign. We are able to accept only three (3) candidates from any one church (or religious/community organization) and of that number only those individuals selected by the scholarship committee will be awarded a scholarship. The essay will have a decisive role in determining the finalist, as the committee looks for qualities such as: originality, creativity, neatness, sincerity, and content. Ticket sales by each applicant will be required this year, four (4) tickets are considered mandatory for eligibility. The qualifications are as follow: 1. The person making application cannot have been rewarded a scholarship from the Long Beach Ministers Alliance. 2. The person making application for this scholarship must be actively involved in your local congregation. (You may make an appeal regarding this criteria if, in your judgment, this scholarship award may make a significant difference in some young personʼs life) 3. The person making application must be currently enrolled in a four year, and or junior college, vocational trade school, or have an acceptance letter to the aforementioned institution, with a

GPA of 2.50 or higher. 4. The individual making application must submit at least three (3) letters of recommendation in the follow order: (1) of which must be from their pastor or comparable spiritual leader. The remaining letters can be from a teacher, employer, or counselor. 5. The person making application for this scholarship must write a two-hundred fifty (250) word essay on one (1) of the following two (2) topics: a. In what ways has the pursuit of a quality education changed your outlook on life? b. Who has inspired you to achieve your God-given potential for meaning and purpose in your life? 6. If the individual making application is a minor, a parent, or a legal guardian, must sign the application, otherwise they must sign. 7. The person making application must submit all the required information at the same time, by February 11 th, 2010. The banquet will be held at Hotel Maya 700 Queensway Drive Long Beach, California 90802 on Saturday, February 27 th, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. The applications packages should all be mailed or delivered to: Long Beach Ministers Alliance Scholarship Essay Committee 1535 Gundry Avenue Long Beach, CA 90813 For additional information, you can call me at (562) 591-8778. In His Service, Rev. Ruben R. English, Program Chairperson Gregory Warner Johnson, I., Secretary Rev, Wayne Chaney Jr., President

19th Annual Banquet and Scholarship Award Dinner Souvenir Book Ad Price List Front Page Inside $350.00 Back Page Inside $300.00 Full Page Ads $150.00 Half Page Ads $75.00 Quarter Page Ads $35.00 Business Card $15.00 Patron List $10.00 (name Only) Add should be submitted via jpeg or comparable document. Booklet size is 8.5 x 11. To have your picture placed in an ad, please add an additional $12.00 extra per picture. All ads must be in no later than Friday, February 11 th, 2010, to be included in the souvenir booklet. Please make all checks payable to the Long Beach Ministers Alliance* and you can mail your donations to the following address: 1535 Gundry Avenue Long Beach, Ca. 90813. Thank you in advance for helping us encourage young people within our community. In His Service, Rev. R. R. English, Program Chair Rev. Gregory Warner Johnson, I., Secretary Rev. Wayne Chaney Jr., President P. S. The booklet will be published for the banquet, Saturday, February 27th, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. at Hotel Maya 700 Queensway Drive Long Beach, CA 90802 *For additional information about the banquet you can call, (562) 591-8778 during regular business hours 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Ticket prices are $75.00 donation. The Long Beach Ministers Alliance is a 501C3 non-profit organization (EIN # 34-2006877).

19th Annual Scholarship Awards Banquet Theme: Empowering a Generation Patron s List $10.00 per name 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

1535 Gundry Avenue Long Beach, California 90813 (562) 591-8778