Scholarships for Military Children Program announce 2011 winners

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  • By Defense Commissary Agency
MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho --  Five Idahoans recently received a scholarship as part of the Scholarships for Military Children Program.

Bridget B. Sinerius and Angelica R. Deese from Mountain Home, April L. Smith and Kelsey J. Nelson from Boise, and Kristina M. Wineman from Nampa were selected by Scholarship Managers, a professional scholarship firm, to win $1,500. Selections were made based off academic merit, participation in extracurricular and volunteer activities, and the quality of submittedessays.

The Scholarships for Military Children Program is funded by manufacturers and suppliers that provide products and services for commissaries around the globe.
"We're excited to report that the scholarship program continues to be a success in helping military families defray the cost of education," said Defense Commissary Agency Director and CEO Joseph H. Jeu. "We're proud to be associated with a program that has awarded 5,402 scholarships totaling more than $8.3 million since its inception in 2001."

The Scholarships for Military Children program is administered by Fisher House Foundation, a nonprofit organization responsible for building comfort homes near military medical centers. The foundation bears all costs of the program so that every dollar donated goes for scholarships. The general public has the opportunity to donate to the program through the military scholar website.

The full list of scholarship recipients and sponsoring business partners can be found online at http://www.militaryscholar.org.

Editor's Note: Recipients announced at http://www.militaryscholar.org are preliminary and are contingent upon determination of military dependency status by the scholarship evaluation firm. Students to whom this may apply have already been contacted. If it is determined that a student is ineligible to receive a scholarship, or there is a change in a recipient's educational status (for example: the student decides not to attend college), a new recipient will be named.