SCHOLARSHIPS

A LONG TRADITION INVESTING IN OUR CHILDRENS' EDUCATION

College Scholarship program

The Wagnalls Memorial Foundation administers and awards various scholarships to local graduating seniors and college students who meet specific requirements. We are committed to providing area youth with incentives to pursue higher education and welcome donations from individuals and corporations to support the Wagnalls College Scholarship program. Scholarships awarded at the discretion of Scholarship Committee made up from Directors, staff, and community members.

Application period is February 1 to March 15.

Scholarship Application for all scholarships

Applications must be received by The Wagnalls Memorial by post or hand-delivery or postmarked by March 15.

Residency Affidavits can be completed at the Patron Services Desk most library operating hours.

Mabel Wagnalls Jones Scholarship

one $1,000 scholarship award, renewable up to four years
Lithopolis or Bloom Township resident with preference to Lithopolis
Requires applicant to be a Bloom Township resident and reside before September 1st of the year entering first grade
Must be a high school graduating senior
Requires application with a signed and notarized residency affidavit
minimum GPA 3.0

Learn more about Mabel Wagnalls Jones

Anna Wagnalls Scholarship

one $1,000 scholarship award
Scholarships awarded at the discretion of Scholarship Committee
Lithopolis or Bloom Township resident with preference to Lithopolis
Requires applicant to be a Bloom Township resident (students and/or parents/guardians) and reside continuously in Bloom Township from ninth to twelfth grade
Must be a high school graduating senior
Requires application with a signed and notarized residency affidavit
minimum GPA 3.0

Wagnalls Volunteer Scholarship

one $1,500 scholarship award
Lithopolis or Bloom Township resident
Requires applicant to be a Bloom Township resident (students and/or parents/guardians) and reside continuously in Bloom Township from ninth to twelfth grade
Must be a high school graduating senior
Requires application with a signed and notarized residency affidavit
minimum GPA 3.0
Must include signed letter of reference outlining volunteer experience in application. Preference given to Wagnalls volunteers.

Wagnalls Educational, Cultural, and

Literary Arts Scholarship

$1,000 scholarship award
Up to six scholarships will be awarded at the discretion of the Scholarship Committee for majors in education, literary arts, visual arts, performing arts, music, or horticulture
Lithopolis or Bloom Township resident
Requires applicant to be a Bloom Township resident (students and/or parents/guardians) and reside continuously in Bloom Township from ninth to twelfth grade
Must be a high school graduating senior
Requires application with a signed and notarized residency affidavit
minimum GPA 3.0

American Legion Post 677 Scholarship

$1,000 scholarship awarded
Lithopolis or Bloom Township resident with preference to Lithopolis
Requires applicant to be a Bloom Township resident (students and/or parents/guardians) and reside before September 1st of the year entering first grade
Bloom-Carroll graduating senior, or first-year student in any form of certified higher education
Requires application with a signed and notarized residency affidavit
minimum GPA 2.25

Charles V. Moore Scholarship

One $500 scholarship award
Requires applicant to be a Bloom Township resident (students and/or parents/guardians) and reside before September 1st of the year entering first grade
Canal Winchester or Bloom-Carroll graduating senior, or first-year college student
Rural Bloom Township student living outside Lithopolis village limits
Requires application with a signed and notarized residency affidavit
minimum GPA 3.0

Charles V. Moore

A.B. Hazel Weiser Scholarship

Two scholarship awards of $500 or one $1,000 scholarship award
Canal Winchester graduating senior, or first-year college student
Preference for declared major in education
minimum GPA 3.0

A.B. & Hazel Weiser