YMCA Scholarships - a Student's Best Friend

Did you know that the YMCA offers scholarships to students planning to attend college or techinical school?

For the past 20+ years, the YMCA’s Albert C. Laxson Scholarship Fund has provided grants to economically disadvantaged post-high school students. Here's a thank-you note from one of this year's recipients, showing how the YMCA reaches out to the youth of our communities:

I would like to thank you for taking the time to consider and award me with the Laxson Scholarship. The YMCA is a large part of my life, and has been for the past four years. It is so nice to be getting this scholarship from the Y. I see what the YMCA does in helping the mission of building strong kids, strong families, and strong communities, and I am prouid to be a part of that, and it is great that the Y can give back to me in this way. Thank you again!

Candidates for the Laxson Scholarship must demonstrate financial need, and must display academic promise, leadership qualities, and the YMCA core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. Any resident, regardless of race, religion, sex, of the Metropolitan Minneapolis YMCA service area will qualify as an applicant provided he/she is a graduating senior from an accredited high school or has achieved equivalent certification.

This year the YMCA received a record number of applications for the Laxson Scholarship, and as is so often the case, there were not enough scholarships to go around. But it's not too early to start thinking about next year, so if you'd like to help deserving kids go to college, contact the YMCA and ask them how you can help with the Laxson Scholarship!