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Bergholz Community Foundation
BERGHOLZ -- The Bergholz Community Foundation will offer scholarships for the 2021-22 school year with applications are available.
Students eligible for consideration for the scholarships are 2021 high school graduates who reside in the Edison Local School District.
Scholarships also are available to nontraditional students. These applicants must be past graduates of Edison High School or one of the Edison School District's consolidated high schools, who are seeking a first-time associate or undergraduate degree or technical training.
Edison High School students may obtain scholarship applications from the Edison guidance office. Scholarship applications can be obtained from the foundation's website at www.bergholzfoundation.org or by forwarding a request and a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Bergholz Community Foundation, P.O. Box 201, Bergholz OH 43908.
The application deadline is April 2.
Completed applications can be returned to Bergholz Community Foundation, c/o Scholarship Committee, P.O. Box 201, Bergholz OH 43908.
Lou Holtz scholarship
Applications are being accepted until March 27 for the Lou Holtz Life Improvement Scholarship, which is a renewable $5,000 scholarship to any trade school.
Funded by former college football coach Lou Holtz and his late wife, Beth, the scholarships are available to graduates of the following schools:
Brooke, Oak Glen, Weirton, Weirton Madonna, Wheeling, Wheeling Catholic Central, East Liverpool, American Spirit Academy, Beaver Local, Bridgeport, Buckeye Local, Buckeye on Line School for Success, Edison Local, Indian Creek, Martins Ferry, Quaker Digital Academy, Southern Local, Steubenville, Steubenville Catholic Central, Toronto, Wellsville; in Pennsylvania: Lincoln Park Performing Arts and Midland PA Cyber.
Applicants should submit their name, address, phone number, an e-mail address other than their school e-mail (which usually expires following graduation), parents' name and phone number, the name of their high school and the trade school and intended field of study they have chosen to HoltzScholarship@gmail.com.
In its 20th year, the scholarship program provides 10 $5,000 scholarships each year.
Ohio Valley College of Technology, Pittsburgh Technical Institute and New Castle School of Trades offer a limited number of matching scholarships to recipients of the Holtz scholarships attending those schools.