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Easy Community Service Scholarships

 

easy community service scholarships
photo credit DoSomething.org

DoSomething.org is all about “doing”–for your community. By signing up for one of their featured campaigns, students not only do good, but they could even win a scholarship — which means money to pay for school.

Following are some easy community service scholarships:

Treat Yo Friends-$1000

Give a friend a “voucher book” of fun activities so you can reconnect and fight loneliness and depression.

Deadline: March 28, 2016

You Teach!-$3000

Perform a rap with friends to show appreciation for your favorite teacher.

Deadline: March 31, 2016

Dunk You Very Much-$3000

Dunk recyclables on friends to encourage others to go green. Use a recycling bin as a hoop.

Deadline: March 31, 2016

Pregnancy Test-$2000

Send friends a sassy text baby to take care of for a day to start the conversation about teen pregnancy.

Deadline: March 31, 2016

Everyday Superheroes-$3000

Make a card celebrating someone who does super things in your community.

Deadline: March 31, 2016

Little Rock Nine Text-$2000

Share a day in the life of a Civil Rights student activist via DoSomething.org’s text messages.

Deadline: April 30, 2016

If you think there aren’t scholarships for everyone, these are a perfect example. And these are not only fun activities that raise awareness in the community, but they also have some good size scholarship awards to boot!

 

10 Scholarships Your Student Will LOVE

 

scholarships your student will love

Sunday is Valentine’s Day and love is in the air. On that note, who doesn’t LOVE winning scholarship money to pay for college? I can’t think of a better Valentine’s Day gift to my readers than a list of scholarships your student will love.

Unigo offers some fun scholarships–yes I said fun! These are not your typical “academic” scholarships or long boring essays to write.  Hence, your student will LOVE these short essay scholarships:

Sweet and Simple Scholarship-$1500

Think back to a time when you received a special gift that seemed so unassuming yet made such a strong impact on your life.

 

SuperPower Scholarship-$2500

Have you ever wondered where you’d go if you could fly or maybe you daydream of secretly taking over the world? How would use your super powers for good, or bad, even if it was just for the day?

 

Fifth Month Scholarship-$1500

What’s so special about the number 5? May is the fifth month of the year. Write a letter to the number five explaining why five is important. Be serious or be funny.

 

Do-Over Scholarship-$1500

What if you had the chance to “do-over” a moment in your life? What would it be? How would it affect you and your future?

 

Flavor of the Month Scholarship-$1500

Summer and ice cream go hand-in-hand. If you were an ice cream flavor, which would you be and why?

 

Make Me Laugh Scholarship-$1500

This is a fun scholarship that lets you cut loose and lighten things up. Show your funny bone. Tell an embarrassing, but funny, story that will make everyone laugh.

 

Shout It Out Scholarship-$1500

Have something on your mind? Shout it out. Give your thoughts a voice and earn free money for college.

 

Zombie Apocalypse Scholarship-$2000

Hone in on those survival tactics and imagine what your school or college campus might be like in a zombie apocalypse. What’s your plan to avoid the zombies, where will you would hide (or maybe you don’t need to), and the top five things you would bring to stay alive.

 

Top 10 List Scholarship-$1500

Inspired by David Letterman’s top ten lists, this unique scholarship gives you the chance to show us what’s truly special and different about you. Get creative, be serious, or tug at the heart strings.

 

I Have a Dream Scholarship-$1500

Did you have a dream that was off-the-wall, or maybe it was so real that you didn’t know you were dreaming? Maybe you dream of a successful future or reaching your goals.

 

For comprehensive lists of all types of scholarships and more scholarships your student will love, check out Unigo’s Scholarship Directory.