Application Period Opens For The 2013/2014 Ronald McDonald House Charities® Of Southern California Scholarship Program
Organization to award $338,000 in college scholarship funds to Southland high school seniors
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As more parents consider attending college a must for their children, the ability to afford a higher education has sparked a national debate. According to a 2012 Pew Research Center report weighing the cost and value of a college education, nine-in-ten parents who have at least one child under 18 say they expect their child to attend college, despite 75 percent of Americans who say it is too expensive for most to afford1. To help alleviate the heavy burden of paying for a college education, Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC) of Southern California will award $338,000 in scholarship funds to deserving high school seniors who reside in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties. The 2013/2014 online application period will be open until January 21, 2014 and interested students should visit www.rmhc.org to apply.
"A college education is a vital and valuable tool for students as they make the transition into adulthood and prepare for successful careers," said Vince Bryson, CEO, RMHC of Southern California. "Since 1990, we have been committed to helping future leaders make the dream of college a more affordable reality, so they can truly enjoy and take advantage of the all the opportunities that a higher education affords."
This year the organization will award 109 scholarships through its four programs including: RMHC /African American Future Achievers, RMHC/Asian Pacific American Students Increasing Achievement (ASIA), RMHC/Hispanic American Commitment to Educational Resources (HACER) and RMHC/Scholars. Scholarship funds can be applied toward tuition, fees and other appropriate educational expenses.
To be eligible for the scholarships, applicants must be currently-enrolled high school seniors who are eligible to attend a two- or four-year postsecondary institution following graduation. They must be legal U.S. residents, be less than 21 years of age, have a minimum 2.7 grade point average and reside within the boundaries of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties.
Since 1990, RMHC of Southern California has awarded more than $4.5 million in scholarship funds to local students to help make their college education dreams a reality. Funding for the scholarships is made possible through the global and Southern California chapters of RMHC and the fundraising efforts of local McDonald's owner/operators and corporate staff. The McDonald's Operators' Association of Southern California pays for all administrative costs of the scholarship programs including the production and distribution of applications and a recipient recognition event, which will be held in May 2014.
For more than 35 years, RMHC of Southern California has been committed to providing comfort, care and support to children and families in Southern California. RMHC of Southern California is dedicated to creating a community where children and their families embrace life and healing with a sense of hope, enthusiasm, courage and joy by operating six Ronald McDonald Houses, Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times, two Ronald McDonald Family Rooms and a Community Grants Board.
The McDonald's Operators' Association of Southern California is comprised of more than 600 franchised and company-owned McDonald's restaurants in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties. Follow us on Twitter: @McDonalds_SoCal.
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SOURCE Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California
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