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Funding Scholars
Many chapters tailor their scholarships to meet the needs of members,
area children, and Junior ROTC and ROTC students. Learn how these
programs help MOAA accomplish its mission on the local level.
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inancing education for a program, which allows chapters to es- Read this department’s main story,
child can be tough. That’s one tablish scholarships at national MOAA “Chapters Offer Scholarships,” to fi nd
reason why MOAA established in their name and with their selection out how chapters and MOAA help
a scholarship fund in 1948. Since then, criteria but with the administration meet the needs of educating today’s
it has provided thousands of college- and support costs covered by MOAA. deserving youth. These efforts are
bound children of military offi cers The Ark-La-Tex (La.) Chapter making a big difference and are one
and enlisted servicemembers grants, supports MOAA’s scholarship fund more example how MOAA chapters
scholarships, and interest-free loans. and runs its own chapter scholarship are helping local communities.
When MOAA established its chap- program. The chapter has established — Col. Lee Lange II, USMC-Ret.
ter system in 1953, it was just natural four designated scholarships with na- Director, Council and Chapter Affairs
to establish chapter scholarship pro- tional MOAA to date and runs its own
grams to help deserving youth in the scholarship program, which gives
community. This became linked in scholarships to members’ children Chapters
many cases to the chapter’s support and grandchildren. Outstanding local
of Junior ROTC (JROTC) and ROTC JROTC students also can receive Offer
scholarships. In 2008, the chapter
presented $20,000 in scholarships to Scholarships
17 JROTC students.
The Riverside (Calif.) Chapter just
established two designated scholar-
ships with The Scholarship Fund of M
any MOAA affiliates have
made it easier to fund col-
lege education by starting
MOAA. The chapter raised $50,000 scholarship programs that benefi t
($25,000 apiece) to establish the students in their communities.
scholarships, which will exist in per- Capitol Area (Mich.) Chapter
petuity and provide interest-free loans members founded their scholarship
and grants each year to two students program in 2008 and presented three
in the chapter’s geographic area. $1,000 scholarships, which were
The El Paso (Texas) Chapter now awarded as grants. Applicants must
supports The Scholarship Fund of be the child or grandchild of a chapter
programs. Some chapters even were MOAA after raising $25,000 to es- member or the child of a Michigan
able to help the children of chapter tablish the Col. Joseph C. Rodriguez, servicemember permanently disabled
members in addition to MOAA’s USA, Medal of Honor Memorial or killed in the line of duty since 2001.
national-level programs. Later, MOAA Scholarship of the El Paso Chapter, “We started the program because
established the designated scholarship which also will exist in perpetuity. we were looking for ways to give back
to the community,” says President
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ON THE ROAD: This month, Col. Lee Lange II, USMC-Ret., direc-
Col. George Noir, AUS-Ret. “We also
tor of MOAA’s Council and Chapter Affairs, will visit members of the
wanted to help our local veterans.”
Texas Hill Country Chapter. Go to MOAA Calendar, page 111, for dates.
Roughly 15 percent of the chapter’s
259 members responded to the re-
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