College Scholarships
The Youth of Doylestown & The Rotary Club of Doylestown
Since 1988, the Rotary Club of Doylestown has given a $1,000 yearly scholarship to selected students from high schools within the Central Bucks school district. Each year a single student is selected from each of the 3 high schools (Central Bucks East, Central Bucks West and Central Bucks South). Since 1988, there have been 75 students selected to receive the yearly $1,000 scholarship.
The selection process begins with the guidance departments of their schools. It continues through a competitive interview process conducted by a Rotary team seeking the most outstanding examples of high ethical and academic standards, and have proven through their involvements in community that they embody the ideals of Rotary and its motto of “Service Above Self”.
Doylestown Rotary's goal is to not only find these exemplary individuals, but to influence their lives to make a further commitment. The students are required to make contact with a local Rotary Club where they are attending college and develop a relationship with that club through further demonstrations of community service. Additionally they are required to report back to the Doylestown club on this involvement as well as regular updates on their academic achievements. If the student has fulfilled these requirements, then they will receive a second and a third and a fourth installment of $1,000 dollars to be used to continue their higher education. Currently there are 12 area students who receive the benefit of these $1,000 dollar scholarships.
Through the years, The Doylestown Rotary Club has utilized a variety of fund raising activities to endow this scholarship program. Raffles, banquets and casino nights have all been productive tools in funding these worthwhile scholarships. The Rotarians readily recognize that not only is this a community benefit scholarship, but it is also one generated by the support of the club membership and the community at large.
Reports from these students as their academic years unfold and beyond that into their career advancement have shown the Rotarians that this is a worthwhile project in the development of the Doylestown community's greatest resource; The Youth of Doylestown.
Since 1988, the Rotary Club of Doylestown has given a $1,000 yearly scholarship to selected students from high schools within the Central Bucks school district. Each year a single student is selected from each of the 3 high schools (Central Bucks East, Central Bucks West and Central Bucks South). Since 1988, there have been 75 students selected to receive the yearly $1,000 scholarship.
The selection process begins with the guidance departments of their schools. It continues through a competitive interview process conducted by a Rotary team seeking the most outstanding examples of high ethical and academic standards, and have proven through their involvements in community that they embody the ideals of Rotary and its motto of “Service Above Self”.
Doylestown Rotary's goal is to not only find these exemplary individuals, but to influence their lives to make a further commitment. The students are required to make contact with a local Rotary Club where they are attending college and develop a relationship with that club through further demonstrations of community service. Additionally they are required to report back to the Doylestown club on this involvement as well as regular updates on their academic achievements. If the student has fulfilled these requirements, then they will receive a second and a third and a fourth installment of $1,000 dollars to be used to continue their higher education. Currently there are 12 area students who receive the benefit of these $1,000 dollar scholarships.
Through the years, The Doylestown Rotary Club has utilized a variety of fund raising activities to endow this scholarship program. Raffles, banquets and casino nights have all been productive tools in funding these worthwhile scholarships. The Rotarians readily recognize that not only is this a community benefit scholarship, but it is also one generated by the support of the club membership and the community at large.
Reports from these students as their academic years unfold and beyond that into their career advancement have shown the Rotarians that this is a worthwhile project in the development of the Doylestown community's greatest resource; The Youth of Doylestown.