$135,000 will be awarded to high school seniors for volunteer service
HELENA, MT- Every year the Governor’s Office of Community Service partners with Reach Higher Montana, and Montana Campus Network for Civic Engagement to award scholarships to high school seniors who have completed 100 or more hours of volunteer service within the last year. This year, the scholarship is $1,500. The scholarship will be given to 90 Montana seniors who will be attending a Montana Campus Network for Civic Engagement member institution in the fall.
“Young people in Montana lead and support all manner of important community work, from meeting hunger and food needs to local events and support for elders. We are always enormously inspired by their selfless acts of service, their commitments to positive community change, and lifting up each other so that Montana remains a place where neighbors take care of neighbors” said Josh Vanek, Executive Director, Montana Campus Network for Civic Engagement.
The Youth Serve Montana Scholarship’s purpose is to engage high school students, promote youth volunteerism in local communities and support their transition into higher education in Montana. Funds are available through support from Montana Campus Network for Civic Engagement, a coalition of colleges and universities dedicated to fostering civic engagement, service learning, and volunteerism across Montana; Reach Higher Montana, a nonprofit dedicated to helping students pursue and fund post-secondary education; and the Governor’s Office of Community Service, a state agency tasked with expanding and promoting community volunteerism in Montana.
The Youth Serve Montana scholarship application and FAQs can be found online at serve.mt.gov.
The Governor’s Office of Community Service expands and promotes national service and community volunteerism in Montana and engages citizens in service. For more information, please visit serve.mt.gov.