PURPOSE:  Provide financial assistance to children and spouses of TCRA members in good standing for accredited college level undergraduate education and accredited formal technical education/training following graduation from high school.

 AMOUNT:   Up to $4,000 will be awarded annually to children of members in individual scholarship amounts of $1,000 depending on the number and qualification of applicants.  Up to one $1,000 scholarship will be awarded annually to a spouse of a member depending on the number and qualification of applicants.

CRITERIA:  Scholarships will be awarded based on academic performance, SAT/ACT scores (high school students), extracurricular activities (ex. clubs, athletics ) leadership experience, community service, and work experience.  Letters of Recommendation from people in positions of responsibility are optional. 

Applicants are also required to submit a personal 500-750 word essay describing why he or she has chosen their current field of study, future personal goals, and how a TCRA Scholarship would be useful in achieving academic and personal goals.

Persons already under full scholarship to include Military Academies are not eligible.  Only one person in a family may be awarded a TCRA scholarship in each year.  Applicants may be in the last year of high school, finished high school or already in an accredited college or technical institution.

PROCEDURE:  The TCRA President will convene a Selection Board , made up of at least three impartial members of the Executive Council. Names of applicants and their parent/spouse will be deleted from packets reviewed by the Board.  Board members will not consider information that does not meet the application deadline. 

Board members will review packets in private and separately rank order children and spouses.   The TCRA Secretary will consolidate Board results using relative applicant rankings by each Board member and prepare Order of Merit Lists for the President’s approval. 

NOTIFICATION:  Applicants will be notified as to whether they have been selected or not selected for a TCRA Scholarship.  Selectees will be invited to attend an award ceremony if they are able.

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  Post marked or delivered no later than  APRIL 2012.

MAILING ADDRESS:  TCRA, P.O. Box 4260, Ft. Eustis, VA 23604