Scholarships

Each year, the Asian Business Association of Orange County and Asian Community Development award scholarship grants in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500.00) up to one thousand dollars ($1000) to deserving students. To be eligible, the student must be a resident of Orange County and have at least one Asian parent. The student must also either be graduating from High School or in their first or second year of college.

The student awardees will be chosen based on the following criteria:

1. Academic performance
2. Community involvement (and leadership skills)
3. Financial need
4. Proficiency and quality of the submitted essay on a given topic.

We require the candidates to supply a scholarship application packet by August 31st, which includes:

1. A verified copy of their school transcript of records
2. A resume
3. Two sealed letters of recommendation from a teacher/professor, mentor/coach, or director/ superior at her/his community involvement organization.

Please send the scholarship application packet to my attention no later than August 31st to:

ABAOC/ACD Scholarship Committee
2960 S. Daimler Street
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Phone: (949)222-2291

From the list of submitted scholarship application packets, a short list of deserving students will be invited for a personal interview, at which time, the topic of the essay will be provided to the candidates. Personal interviews will be taking place until end of September and the awardees will be selected in October. The scholarship grants are awarded to the student awardees at the ABAOC Annual Awards Banquet to be held on December 3, 2010, the location is to be determined. We appreciate your help in forwarding this information to all qualified applicants.

Should you have any questions or be interested in donating to our Scholarship Fund and helping our youth, contact us at Sarah.Gunther@abaoc.org , linda.sarno@abaoc.org , info@abaoc.org or info@ACDchartity.org

Truly yours,

Sarah Gunther and Linda Sarno
Scholarship Committee Co-chairs