PHILADEPHIA, PA – (10/10/2012) – Philadelphia Youth Action, Inc. (YA), a student-led non-profit service organization, in partnership with The Stafford Foundation will select five recent high school graduates who are starting this fall as college freshmen to receive a $1,000 college scholarship from the Ann C. Phillips Scholarship Fund. Youth Action members and supporters established the Ann C. Phillips Scholarship Fund to commemorate the life and legacy of Ann Phillips, a beloved friend and Youth Action Ally who made many personal contributions and offered much professional guidance over the years to the team. It is the first such scholarship honoring a Youth Action Ally member.

This $5,000 scholarship fund will recognize five students who have demonstrated outstanding academic, leadership, service and extracurricular achievements. Scholarships also recognize financial need, programs of study and other accomplishments. All  scholarship recipients will exemplify the spirit of servant leadership,  selflessness, altruism and pursuit of excellence in their academic endeavors and extracurricular activities. The primary criteria for scholarship selection will be a candidate’s demonstrated leadership performance and potential, as well as a strong commitment to serve in their communities. Candidates are required to high school graduates and current freshmen at a degree granting institution, be of good moral character,  exhibit academic achievement by having a minimum high school senior year GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. Again, candidates must be 2012 high school graduates and a freshman or first year at an accredited, degree-granting two-to-four year college or university, or professional school at the time of application.

“The scholarship fund advances Youth Action’s goal to promote excellence in education while maintaining an unrelenting commitment to serving the community” says Youth Action Senior Advisor, Linda Lewis.

With each scholarship presented, Youth Action  will publicly present achievements and seek to encourage further work on the part of the recipients. Thus, Youth Action hopes that this will motivate others to follow their lead in service to their communities.To be considered for for this scholarship,  interested applicants must apply for the Ann C. Phillips scholarship by Monday, November 12th, 2012. Interested applicants should  apply here Youth Action Ann Phillips Scholarship Fund Application 2012.  Applicants can also contact Youth Action’s senior advisor Linda Lewis at llewis@youthactionteam.org or 1-888-Youth90 ext 906 for questions, comments, or concerns.