The Italian American Cultural Club has a mission of "Keeping the Culture Alive" and one of the ways that we exemplify that mission is to help advance the education of fine Italian Americans to enter their career field and make a difference in our world. Our Scholarship Recipients have advanced themselves to some of the best careers our society has to offer - from Doctors, Lawyers, Business Professionals, and much more. 

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Our organization awards a minimum of five, $1,000 scholarships each year. We have been blessed with donors in our local community that gifts our organization additional scholarships each year, which can bring our total scholarships awarded to upwards of 10-11 each year. Our Scholarships are unrestricted, meaning that you can use the funds towards whatever the recipient feels best for their educational journey - from tuition, technology, books, supplies, and much more. 

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SCHOLARSHIP REQUIREMENTS

- The individual applying must be considered a High School or a College Freshman as of the close of the 2023-2024 Academic Year. 

- The individual applying must be seeking education at an accredited institution (College, University, or Trade School) in the Fall os 2024. 

- The individual applying must have been accepted at an accredited institution (College, University, or Trade School) at the time of their application. 

- The individual applying must have acquired, at minimum, fifteen points according to the point scale below. 

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POINT SYSTEM

The Italian American Cultural Club Scholarship is awarded based on a point system, where the individuals with the most points receive the scholarship awards. The point system is broken down as:

- 3 points per hour spent volunteering at Campo Italiano

- 2 points per hour spent volunteering at other activities of the Italian American Cultural Club and/or the Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival. 

- 1 point per hour spent volunteering at other Italian-American Activities for a non-profit organization. 

- 0.25 points per hour spent volunteering at either your School, Church, or Community Organization. 

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HOW TO APPLY

You will apply online at the link below. When applying, you must have your information prepared to supply the following to us:

- Personal Contact Information for the Student

- Personal Contact Information for Both Parents of the Student

- Headshot Photo of the Student

- Number of Volunteer Hours spent at Campo Italiano. These hours do not require verification by the student - they will be verified by the Italian American Cultural Club upon application. 

- Number of Volunteer Hours spent volunteering at other activities of the Italian American Cultural Club or the Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival. These hours will require verification by the student, so please have documentation scanned or a photo ready to upload to the system. 

- Number of Volunteer Hours spent volunteering at other non-profit organizations that has a correlation to Italian-American activities. These hours will require verification by the student, so please have documentation scanned or a photo ready to upload to the system. 

- Number of Volunteer Hours spent volunteering in School, Church, or Community efforts. These hours will require verification by the student, so please have documentation scanned or a photo ready to upload the system. 

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OTHER INFORMATION
If you have all of the above documentation and information ready, you should only spend about ten to fifteen minutes completing the application. In the event that you do not have documentation for the volunteer hours readily available to you, you may still submit the application and forward whatever documentation to Frankie DiCarlantonio, IACC President at frankie@iaccsteubenville.org. PLEASE NOTE: The Italian American Cultural Club will make no further effort to receive your documentation above and beyond this notification. Any hours that do not have verification submitted by the deadline will not be awarded points as a part of our Scholarship Award Process. 

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QUESTIONS?

E-Mail Frankie DiCarlantonio, IACC President at frankie@iaccsteubenville.org.