Worcester Rotary Club Scholarship

Criteria: (Two $1,250 Awards) Worcester Rotary Club Scholarships will be awarded to full-time, non-traditional students with financial need and who are residents of Worcester County. A non-traditional student is typically 25 years of age or older, is or has been married, is a parent, is a veteran, and/or has worked full-time to earn a living or support a household. Other non-traditional attributes will be considered. Candidates should provide a short essay attesting to the need for this scholarship and submit it with the scholarship application.

Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill, and peace in the world. The Worcester Rotary Club represents a cross-section of the community’s business and professional men and women.

The main objective of Rotary is service — in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world. Rotarians develop community service projects that address many of today’s most critical issues, such as children at risk, poverty and hunger, the environment, illiteracy, and violence. They also support programs for youth, educational opportunities and international exchanges for students, teachers, and other professionals, and vocational and career development. The Rotary motto is Service Above Self.