I.       QUALIFICATIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS

AN APPLICANT MUST BE:

1.      A legal resident of the territory under the jurisdiction of CITRUS DISTRICT # 2 . ORDER OF AHEPA,

 for at least one (1) year. 

2.      A son or daughter of an AHEPAN or DAUGHTER of PENELOPE or a SONS of PERICLES, MAID of ATHENA, ORDER of AHEPAN, or a DAUGHTER of PENELOPE, or, 

3.      A son or daughter of an AHEPAN or DAUGHTER of PENELOPE who has died and who at the time of death was a good standing member, or, 

4.      Orphaned by the loss of both parents, of Greek extraction, and residing permanently in   DISTRICT #2. 

II.        PROGRAM

1.      Recipients must have been accepted for admission to an accredited college and must submit to the Chairman of the Scholarship Committee a copy of the original Bursars receipt from the University he or she is attending. 

2.      The ANNUAL AHEPA DISTRICT #2 SCHOLARSHIP award will be in the amount         of five hundred dollars ($500.). 

3.      A minimum of four (4) scholarships will be awarded annually. 

4.      Two (2) Scholarships, one (1) for a high school student newly entering college and one

(1)     for a college student will be based solely on scholarship and difficulty of curriculum.

The remaining scholarships will be based on the following criteria:

FINANCIAL NEED 40%, SCHOLARSHIP 30%, CURRICULUM 30%. 

5.      Applications for the Scholarship Program will be accepted only from students  entering their freshman year or those who are matriculating in an undergraduate program in an accredited college or university. 

6.   All applicants shall be required to complete an application prepared by the District Scholarship Committee. 

7.   The Scholarships will be distributed on the basis of a deserving gift with no financial obligation on the part of the recipient. 

8. All applications must be filed with the Scholarship Chairman NO LATER THAN MAY 10,  0f each year, by mail. Applications postmarked after May 10, will not be considered Scholarship Applications shall be distributed ninety (90) days prior to the deadline. 

9.  The approval or rejection of a scholarship applicant will be officially communicated in writing to the applicant and the sponsoring Chapter by the Scholarship Chairman via an appropriate letter designated to maintain goodwill for the ORDER of AHEPA. 

10. THE final selection of the Scholarship recipients will be made by the Scholarship Committee.