Mercer County NAACP Unit PO Box 413 Farrell PA 16121 724-981-4140

The Mercer County NAACP Unit will award two $1000.00 scholarships. The awardees will be announced this Spring and the scholarships will be mailed in the Fall.

Eligibility
•	Must be a high school senior from Mercer County or Brookfield, Ohio area with a 3.0 GPA – transcripts required
•	Applicants must have applied and been accepted into a 2 year, 4 year college or a trade school (documentation required)
•	Applicants must have demonstrated leadership abilities through participation in community service and extracurricular activities
•	Applicant must submit the application form by the deadline.
•	Two letters of recommendation (typed, dated and signed – NO FAMILY MEMBERS PLEASE
•	An essay by the applicant, typed, no more than 500 words on the following question:
•	Scholarship is forfeited if awardee does not attend in the first year after high school

Two weeks before Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated he stated, “if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness”.

What do you want to be a drum major for and how will you achieve this goal?

Please submit all application criteria to the Mercer County NAACP Unit by postmarked date of March 31, 2021.

Nell Dawson President

Mercer County NAACP Scholarship

Applicant Name

High School

Guidance Counselor

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Extracurricular Activities	_______________________________

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Community Service ______________________________________

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Church Affiliation (optional) ______________________________

Checklist:
o High school transcripts
o Letters of recommendation
o College or secondary education acceptance letter o Essay

Please mail application, transcripts, and essay to:

Mercer County NAACP Unit PO Box 413 Farrell, PA 16121

ATTN: Scholarship

APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY MARCH 31, 2021