Soroptimist of Long Beach Island Offers Live Your Dream Award Opportunity.

Press Release

Contact: Barbara Wheeler, Barbara.wheeler@louisville.edu

Soroptimist of Long Beach Island is pleased to announce the Live Your Dream Award scholarship application is now open. This is a cash award, offered to a woman who:  

• Provides the primary financial support for herself and her dependents. Dependents can include children, spouse, partner, siblings and/or parents.

• Has financial need.

• Is enrolled in or has been accepted to a vocational/skills training program or an undergraduate degree program.

• Is motivated to achieve her education and career goals.

• Resides in one of Soroptimist International of the Americas’ member countries/territories (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guam, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Taiwan, United States of America, Venezuela).

• Has not previously been the recipient of a Soroptimist Women’s Opportunity or Live Your Dream Award.

• Does not have a graduate degree.

• Is not a Soroptimist member, an employee of Soroptimist International of the Americas or immediate family of either. 

Eligible applicants can submit an application between August 1 - November 15. Ultimately, a Live Your Dream Awards finalist has the potential receive up to $16,000 to help offset tuition costs, purchase books, get transportation, or find reliable childcare so she can worry less about how to pay her bills and focus on reaching her dreams. Information and application for the award can be found at:
https://www.soroptimist.org/our-work/live-your-dream-awards/apply-for-the-live-your-dream-awards.html