GLENDORA, Calif.–America’s Christian Credit Union has announced that six “culture-shaping and Kingdom-impacting students will receive educational assistance from ACCU as the result of their successful applications to the credit union’s 2018 Scholarship Award program.
The year’s scholarship prompt celebrated the credit union’s “60 Strong” anniversary by asking students to share where and how they are building stronger communities, futures, finances, families, and ministries. Scholarship eligibility was extended to students enrolled for continuing studies at a secondary educational institution for the 2018-2019 school year. Honorees were selected based upon academic performance, community involvement, extracurricular activities, and quality of response to the application essay. The total value of the ACCU scholarships awarded is $15,000.
More than 100 applications were submitted this year, from across the country, and represented a diverse mix of backgrounds, educational pursuits, and servant leadership qualities. Six deserving students were ultimately selected as recipients of the 2018 America’s Christian Credit Union Scholarship Award. These students will be awarded $2,500 each to be applied to their education at the college, university, seminary, graduate program, or vocational-technical school in which they are enrolled for the upcoming school year.
“We are so grateful to our entire membership whose support, participation and partnership have made possible our ability to provide these scholarships to these young entrepreneurs, community leaders, and mission-oriented students in advancing God's work around the world,” said CEO Mendell Thompson.