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Scholarships: Verizon Foundation
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Through its partnerships with Chicago’s La Raza Newspaper and Brownsville’s El Periodico USA, the NHP Foundation helped distribute more than 250,000 copies of Educate, the newspaper insert featuring scholarships and college access advice specific to those regions. It is estimated that the Educate inserts reached more than 750,000 Hispanic readers this year in these cities combined.
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Many foundations, service clubs, businesses, and other organizations offer an array of student scholarships. Many of the lesser known scholarships are targeted to a smaller population, such as to children of employees of a specific company or organization. Applicants are competing against a smaller pool, therefore enhancing their chances of receiving a scholarship.
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The LCC Foundation offers numerous scholarships to students who meet the criteria established by the scholarship donors. The scholarships provide varying amounts of financial support, ranging from a $50 book stipend to full tuition and fees.
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NEW YORK, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Verizon Foundation has awarded $1.25 million in college scholarships to 250 children and dependents of Verizon employees. Each recipient will receive $5,000 and is eligible to receive a maximum award of $20,000 throughout four years of college.
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