Lanell Thornton (662)549-2856 email
Our new year has begun! There are so many exciting changes this year regarding scholarships, especially the Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen Essay Scholarships. As your Scholarship Chairman for 2024-2025, it is an honor and a privilege to work closely with our auxiliaries and posts to help fund education, not only for our members and their families, but also deserving area students.
Each month I will recognize a scholarship and offer more information regarding the scholarship, as well as ways to bring the scholarship to the attention of the auxiliaries and area communities.
Here are the scholarships offered through the VFW Auxiliary.
1) Continuing Education Scholarship
2) Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest
3) 3-Dimensional Patriotic Art Contest
In addition to the Auxiliary scholarships, we also work with the VFW to promote the Patriot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy Essay Contests. These contests are open to students from public, private, and parochial schools, as well as online and home study schools.
4) VFW Patriot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy
New changes for the Patriot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy Essay Contests include online submission and online judging. To learn more about these scholarships, visit the VFW page at www.vfw.org, Community, Youth and Education.
(VFW members will get Scholar App training at the August 24 SOI)