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| Do you have a child, aunt, uncle, grandchild or great grandchild heading off to college in 2012? Have you been an association member for more than one year? If so, the USS Pyro Association may be able to help with a $1,000 scholarship. Based on a program developed by John Wichtrich and Larry Sheipline and funded from the association treasury and special contributions by association members. Applications are now open. An application for and the full program details are available here. Applications from the student are submitted to the Scholarship Committee chaired by John Wichtrich. for review (two additional members of the committee will be named soon). Application Eligibility: Applicants must be accepted or enrolled as full-time undergraduate students at an accredited college, university, trade or technical school. Furthermore, their father, mother, aunt, uncle, grandfather, grandmother, great grandfather, or great grandmother must been a memWinners will be selected from qualified applicants by drawing at the 2012 reunion Awards Banquet.ber of the USS PYRO Association for at least one year prior to the award of the scholarship. The Educational Scholarship Committee may make an exception to the one-year requirement upon written appeal by the applicant. Previous recipients of USS PYRO Association Educational Scholarship are not eligible. Requirement changes highlighted in Red In order to match the Association treasury’s contributions, donations large and small are solicited from members by Chairman Wichtrich and his Scholarship Committee members. Due to the draconian nature of IRS regulations governing non-profits, the contributions may not be tax deductible. Contributions should be made payable to the USS Pyro Association with a memo indicating they are for scholarships and sent to Treasurer Bill Hogan. Next steps
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