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Posted: Friday, May 29, 2009 11:05 am
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Lacey Darden of Dresden has been awarded a $1,000 college scholarship by the Mid-South Division of the American Cancer Society.
Scholarships were awarded based on financial need, leadership, academic achievement and community service.
To be eligible, candidates must be under 25, have had a cancer diagnosis before age 21 and be a Mid-South resident.
Students must also have a GPA of at least 2.5 and been accepted to an accredited school.
“It is difficult for many families to afford the rising cost of a college education,” said Angel Strange, quality of life director for the Mid-South Division of the American Cancer Society.
“For pediatric cancer survivors, it is even more difficult because of past treatment-related expenses. The Mid-South Division’s College Scholarship program is designed to give these families some much-needed assistance in paying for college tuition.”
For the 2009-2010 academic year, the Mid-South Division of the American Cancer Society will award 223 scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each to young cancer survivors in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennes-see and Floyd and Clark counties in Indiana.
Since the beginning of this program in 2001, more than 1,500 scholarships of $1,000 each have been awarded across the Mid-South Division.
For more information about this scholarship program, call the American Cancer Society toll-free at 1-800-227-2345 or visit www.cancer.org.
More than 11 million Americans who have survived cancer – and countless others who have avoided it – will celebrate a birthday this year, thanks to the progress the American Cancer Society is making to help people stay well and get well, to find cures, and fight back.
WCP 5.28.09
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