Awards

Scholarships for high school senior women

Soroptimist International of Williamsburg is an international organization of business and professional women, whose mission is to improve the lives of women and girls. Three scholarships will be awarded in 2024. The first place recipient will receive $3,500.00. The two runner up scholarship awardees will each receive $1,500.00. Scholarships are offered to graduating senior women from Lafayette, Bruton, Jamestown, Warhill and Kecoughtan High Schools each spring. These five schools represent the high schools in the areas that our members live and work.

The recipients must be planning to attend a four-year college or university, or one of the certified state-supported community colleges with the intention of transferring to a four-year college. The students must be in good academic standing and demonstrate a financial need.

You will need to fill out the 2024 SI Williamsburg application Scholarship for high school senior women. And you will need to send a 750-word essay telling about your short term and long term goals and how this scholarship money will help you achieve these goals to soroptimistwilliamsburg@gmail.com.

You also will need to attach at least three (3) letters of reference: one from a teacher, and two from other people who can attest to your character and need for this scholarship. None of these references can be from relatives or family members. These letters of reference must be send by email to soroptimistwilliamsburg@gmail.com and be received by April 15, 2024. Please make sure your name is referenced in the comment section of the email.

Please send, or have sent, a copy of your transcript to the above email address by the April 15th deadline. Applications that are not complete will not be considered.

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• $25,000 - $50,000
• $50,000 - $75,000
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• $100,000 - $125,000
• Over $125,000

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Awards, Honors and other Scholarships Received:

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Live Your Dream

Education and Training Awards for Women annually disburses nearly $1.9 million in education grants to more than 1,300 women who have overcome enormous personal obstacles. Recipients may use the cash grants to offset any costs associated with their efforts to attain additional education or training. Award recipients go on to enjoy improved employment prospects, greater earning potential, higher self-esteem, and serve as positive role models for their children. Awards are given on a local, regional and federation level. You are eligible to apply if you are a woman with primary financial responsibility for yourself and your dependents; are attending an undergraduate degree program or a vocational skills training program, and have financial need. To fill out the application, go to Soroptimist.org Live Your Dream. The program is available each year from August 15th through November 15th.

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