Applicant must be currently attending or planning to enroll as a full-time student in an accredited college, trade, or technical school. The applicant may also be returning to school.
	The applicant, the applicant's parent, or legal guardian must be a member in good standing of an Illinois fraternal benefit society for a minimum of two years.
	The applicant, the applicant's parent, or legal guardian must belong to a society whose membership dues are current with the Illinois Fraternal Congress.
	An applicant who has lived apart from his/her family for a period of one year may be considered a separate family and establish eligibility through his/her own membership in an Illinois lodge.
	Three (3) nonrenewable scholarships will be awarded in the amount of $500 each and will be awarded at the discretion of the IFC Board.
	Recipients are not eligible for a second scholarship from the IFC.
	The society coordinator must return the application to the IFC Scholarship Chairman by February 8, 2008. All applications will go through a judging process and the winners will be announced at the annual Illinois Fraternal Congress meeting in March 2008.
	The decisions of the judges will be final.
	Payment of the scholarship will be made directly to the recipient upon notice from the institution to which the winning recipient has been accepted.
	A current grade transcript must accompany the scholarship application. Because of the February 8, 2008, deadline, students should secure a current high school or college transcript of grades BEFORE going on Christmas break. Many administrative offices are closed during the holidays.
	All questions on the application must be answered. Incomplete applications will be disqualified.

To apply, click here for the Scholarship Application Form.
Print, complete as instructed, and submit this form and your school transcripts to your society’s scholarship coordinator, who must sign and return it to the IFC Scholarship Chairman by February 8, 2008.

IFC Scholarship Chairman
Tom Adamson
National Catholic Society of Foresters
320 S. School St.
Mount Prospect, IL 60056

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