Our Post will sponsor a new activity in our community high schools; the Freedom Scholarship program. The scholarships, two for the Mukilteo School District and otwo for the Edmonds School District, will be awarded to a deserving senior who will be attending college or trade school in the fall semester. The $1,000 scholarships shall be paid directly to the student’s school account to help defray tuition costs, fees, and expenses. Criteria for awarding the scholarship will be rigorous. The scholarships will require an essay to be submitted explaining what freedom means to the student and how our Constitution establishes and maintains a culture of freedom in our county. The applicants will have to furnish a high school transcript from their Junior and Senior years and a resume that includes school sponsored activities they in which they were involved, leadership positions, jobs held, and service related activities in which they have volunteered. To emphasize the price of Freedom, each scholarship will be made in the name of a local service member who died in Iraq or Afghanistan defending our freedom.
