Adrienne,

Our club has an active scholarship program.  We score the application.  If the total points are below a certain number, they get the scholarship, over it, they don't.  Also, the scholarship is for a season and is available only to members in good standing.  Scholarship recipients are expected to give extra volunteer hours. 

 

When we used to give scholarships to new members, no one who asked for a scholarship continued rowing or contributed to the club in any significant level.

 

Good luck,

Corinne

----- Original Message -----

From: rowhumboldt

To: youthrowing@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 10:38 PM

Subject: [youthrowing] Income-eligible guidelines

Hello:
I am looking for guidelines for determining whether a rower is
income-eligible for a scholarship for our program (which is in a small
rural community- so lots of my kids need financial "help" to be able
to row). My goal as a coach is to remove myself from the financial end
of things, and of course, I want to be fair to all those that can't
pay our marginal fees. (Our fees are for club dues and
equipment/facility upkeep- no travel, uniform, or coaching fees
included in the dues.)
We're a new, small team, so any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Adrienne