Currently, our local alumni club offers two $600 merit-based Alumni Scholarship awards per year. The standards for selection are:
* Ranking in the top 25% of your high school graduating class.
* Demonstrating involvement in school and community activities.
* Showing a sound interest and positive attitude toward college work.
In February of each year, applications are mailed to students in the Philadelphia region that have applied to Ohio State. The scholarship committee reviews the completed applications and winners are notified in March. If you have not received an application, or are interested in further information, please contact our Scholarship Chair.
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Endowed Scholarship Fund
The Philly Buckeyes have pledged to raise $25,000 dollars by 2011 to go towards the creation of an Endowment Fund to support a Greater Philadelphia Area student who will be attending Ohio State. We currently have approximately $7000 in a pending endowed account, with the goal of raising at least $6000 a year over the next 3 years to establish a permanent Philadelphia endowment fund.
To raise the additional $18,000 dollars required to make our endowment permanent, the alumni club will rely on the generous support of our local alumni and club members for monetary donations as well as product and service donations for our raffles and auctions. In addition, we are in the process of planning a large fundraising event that will take place in the Spring of 2009 and continue annually thereafter. We also plan to have regular online auctions in the future to help raise money for this fund, so please contact us if you are interested in donating products or services to an auction.
All donations to the endowment fund are tax deductible. Please use the donation box at the right for monetary donations, or contact us to inquire how to make your donation directly to the fund so that you can receive an official IRS approved receipt from the OSU Department of Development.
A Very Special Thank You
We would also like to extend a special thank you to everyone who made donations for our silent auction benefiting our Endowed Scholarship Fund in 2008!