Katherine Turner, a senior at Signal Mountain High School was awarded the 2016 Cindy Monroe Values & Vision Scholarship. Applications for the 2017 scholarship are open now through Nov. 5.
Thirty-One Gifts announces applications are being accepted now for the Cindy Monroe Values and Vision Scholarship for college-bound high-school girls of Hamilton County.
The annual scholarship was established in 2013 by the company’s philanthropic fund, Thirty-One Gives, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the company that was founded by Cindy Monroe in Chattanooga. The scholarship honors a girl in Hamilton County who embodies Ms. Monroe’s core values of building relationships, leadership and community involvement.
The scholarship is a $12,400 award, available to one girl each year. It is allocated in $3,100 increments over the course of four years. An application is available here, under the “Our Partnerships” section.
Applications will be accepted through Nov. 5.
Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee made up of five individuals with ties to the Chattanooga community. A final selection will be made Dec. 5.
The scholarship will be awarded based on the following criteria:
The applicant must be a girl who is a high school junior or senior from any public or private school located in Hamilton County;
The applicant must maintain a GPA of 3.0 or better (based on a 4.0 scale) or its equivalent while in high school; and
The applicant must plan to attend an accredited two- or four-year U.S. college or university as a full-time student beginning in the summer or fall immediately following high school graduation.
Thirty-One Gifts founder, president and CEO Cindy Monroe is a native of Chattanooga and graduate of Hixson High School and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. In 2014, she was inducted into the Hixson High School Alumni Hall of Fame.
Thirty-One Gifts was headquartered in the Chattanooga area from 2003 to 2008, when the business was moved to Columbus, Oh. The scholarship is one way Ms. Monroe says she is giving back and thanking the community where her success began, and it’s a way to provide opportunities for girls in Hamilton County to reach their full potential.
The 2016 scholarship was awarded to Katherine Turner of Signal Mountain. She is a senior at Signal Mountain High School this year. She plans to study nursing with a minor in Spanish in college next year.