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ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP
The Ashley Tamburri Scholarship is a four-year renewable tuition scholarship administered by The Community Foundation of Frederick County.
The Scholarship, awarded in memory of Ashley Elizabeth Tamburri, serves to encourage graduating seniors who are cancer survivors or are currently coping with a cancer diagnosis to pursue their educational goal. When Ashley received her diagnosis of a brain tumor, she began to redefine her plans and goals for life and living. Throughout her cancer treatment, she actively clarified those goals and engaged in all facets of life. Ashley died on June 24, 1999, at the age of 16.
Because Ashley’s educational goal was to attend college, this scholarship was established in an effort to promote Ashley’s memory and ensure that other students like Ashley, who have faced or are facing cancer, are encouraged to strive toward achieving their educational goal.
The recipient will receive $1,000 annually to assist with the cost of tuition at a college or university. The scholarship will be paid directly to the college or university selected by the recipient.
The Ashley Foundation awards these annual scholarships on or before April 30th of each academic year. Applications are accepted between January 1st and March 31st of each academic year. Students who are awarded initial scholarships may choose to renew the scholarship annually for three (3) consecutive years. The renewable scholarship, as with the initial scholarship, is dependent upon the recipient complying with scholarship guidelines and the availability of funding.
Scholarship recipients must agree to have their name, photo and essay published in various media utilized by The Ashley Foundation Fund.
An applicant must be a senior, attending a high school in a county served by the Foundation as of the beginning of that current academic year. Students attending a high school in Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, or Washington County, Maryland are eligible to apply.
The applicant must be a cancer survivor or currently diagnosed with cancer. An active cancer patient does not have to be receiving treatment to qualify. The cancer may be in remission or deemed cured.
The scholarship is not based upon financial need therefore a financial statement is not required.
The scholarship is not based upon scholastic ability. The recipient’s acceptance into a college/university will provide evidence of academic ability. The Foundation requires the recipient of a scholarship to submit a copy of an acceptance letter from the college/university of choice.
The applicant must complete The Ashley Foundation Scholarship Application. Applications are available at The Ashley Foundation Fund website www.theashleyfoundation.org under SCHOLARSHIP or by calling The Community Foundation of Frederick County at 301-695-7660. Applications may be photocopied.
The applicant must submit the following with a completed application.
· Two letters of recommendation from two different academic teachers addressing why the applicant should receive the scholarship.
· A letter from the applicant’s physician supporting the cancer diagnosis (medical information will be kept confidential and will only be utilized to support the qualification of consideration for the scholarship).
· An acceptance letter from the college or university of the student’s choice.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
The applicant must submit an essay written by the applicant discussing the following question. HOW HAS MY EXPERIENCE WITH CANCER IMPACTED MY LIFE VALUES AND CAREER GOALS? Essays must be a minimum of 500 words and a maximum of 1200 words. Essays must be typed – hand written essays will be disqualified.
Scholarships are award based on an essay that the Scholarship Committee determines best addresses both of the following.
The scholarships are not awarded to children of The Ashley Foundation Fund Advisory Committee or employees or Board members of The Community Foundation of Frederick County and to others who may not be eligible due to affiliation with the Fund or Foundation.
Completed applications must be postmarked on or before March 31st to be eligible for consideration.
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Students who have received an initial scholarship are eligible to renew the scholarship for three (3) additional consecutive years. The Fund will award an additional $1,000 annually not to exceed a total award of $4,000 over a consecutive four year period. The scholarship recipient must contact The Ashley Tamburri Scholarship by submitting a Scholarship Renewal application between January 1st and March 31st of each academic year.
The Fund will notify the student on or before April 30th of that academic year that the request for renewal will be granted. At that time the student will be required to submit requested documentation prior to the award being given. As with the initial award, all scholarships are paid directly to the college or university and are to be utilized for tuition.
Once the Renewal application has been approved, the applicant must submit a tuition invoice reflecting a balance due (the balance due should be a minimum of $1,000 – otherwise, the award will be equal to the amount due not to exceed $1,000).
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