Trim Your School Debt by Applying for VFW Sports Clips “Hero” Scholarships

RallyPoint Shared Content — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:33:31 -0500

Pursuing postsecondary education without taking on extra debt gets a little easier starting January 2021. That’s when the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ “Sports Clips Help A Hero Scholarship” program invites service members and Veterans nationwide to apply for a new round of scholarships of up to $5,000 toward higher education tuition and fees.

You are eligible to apply under the program — a partnership of VFW, Student Veterans of America and Sports Clips Haircuts — if you are in or separated from the service at or below the rank of E-5. This year, applications for the fall semester are accepted between Jan. 1 and April 30 and for the spring semester between Aug. 1 and Nov. 15, 2021. (You can apply once per semester whether you are approved or denied.)

“Focus on my goals”

Cory Breegle of Brooklyn, New York, is among the 158 Veterans and service members who received scholarships in August 2020, when the program announced the award of nearly $700,000 to reduce fall semester expenses for active duty and former members of the military from around the country.

Using the scholarship to help pay to attend New York City’s Pratt Institute, Breegle said in a news release: “I will become a licensed architect, and with this scholarship, I will be able to continue to focus on my goals and pursue them relentlessly, like my military service taught me to do.”

Who is eligible?

You are eligible if you’re a U.S. citizen, are retired military, were honorably discharged, are active duty or are a member of the National Guard or reserves. (If you haven’t yet deployed, show that you completed basic training and follow-on training, such as advanced individual training or technical school.) Other criteria include:

· Demonstration of need for financial assistance.
· Participation in a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs-approved program or school at an accredited postsecondary institution.
· Submission of an approved Free Application for Federal Student Aid Student Aid Report for the applicable school year.

If approved, scholarship payments are made directly to the school.

Reduce school-debt stress

A total of 1,750 Veterans and service members have received $8 million in scholarships under the program since it started in 2014, according to VFW.

“Transitioning Veterans are often faced with stressful challenges when they return to civilian life, and attending school to finish a degree during a global pandemic has certainly amplified that stress tenfold,” said VFW National Commander Hal Roesch II in the news release. The funding, he said, makes paying for the semester at school “a little less stressful.”

The founder of Sports Clips Haircuts, Gordon Logan, a U.S. Air Force Veteran and lifetime member of the VFW, added that the company was “proud and honored to assist so many deserving recipients.”

Learn More

· Access the VFW Sport Clips Help A Hero Scholarship application guidelines: http://rly.pt/2MyiKsw
· Email inquiries and ask for the frequently asked questions sheet: http://rly.pt/3iSeSyC
· Read the August 2020 VFW news release: http://rly.pt/2Yo802w
· See the list of fall 2020 scholarship recipients: https://rly.pt/3oqPyB0
· Sign up and apply: http://rly.pt/2YtB8Fn

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Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made Jan 28 at 2021 11:37 AM

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Response by SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL made Jan 28 at 2021 12:00 PM

SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 12:00:02 -0500

Thanks for sharing.

Response by SFC Melvin Brandenburg made Feb 1 at 2021 1:02 PM

SFC Melvin Brandenburg — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 13:02:59 -0500

I have dropped a buck or two in the scholarship fund while there a time or two. The only place I pay to get my hair cut.

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Wayne Soares — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 20:48:41 -0500

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Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 18 at 2021 12:04 AM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 00:04:47 -0500

interesting. I used some GI benefits when getting my advanced degree. However, it was bittersweet because I wound up giving back some of my payments to the school as textbook debt I guess you could call it.

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