[RP TownTalk] 2013 Lions Club-Jonathan Ebbeler Scholarship Program Community-Minded Students Offered $1, 000 Scholarships

[Jeffrey Yorke]

*2013 Lions Club-Jonathan Ebbeler Scholarship Program*

*Community-Minded Students Offered $1,000 Scholarships*

*Riverdale Park, MD. August 29, 2013* -- The Riverdale Lions Club, teamed
with Riverdale Park Ward 1 Councilmen Jonathan Ebbeler, are accepting
applications for the second annual Riverdale Lions Club-Ebbeler Scholarship
awards. The program provides $1,000 scholarships to two area students to
help further their educations. Students earning a 2.0 cumulative
grade-point-average who have plans for furthering their education at a
college, university or trade school and who have an established record of
volunteer service are encouraged to apply for the funding.

 “There are young people in our communities who have earned their stripes
to continue advancing their education but face significant financial
hurdles,” says Ebbeler, who has been instrumental in encouraging young
people to get involved with community service projects. “We want to
encourage them to keep advancing their education and reward them for their
work in the community.”

Patrick Prangley, a former Riverdale Park Town Administrator and Riverdale
Lions’ “King Lion,” the local group’s top executive position, was
instrumental in creating the scholarship program in 2012 and says  “it’s
part of the Lions basic mission of service to the community: finding a need
and fulfilling it.”

The Riverdale Lions-Ebbeler scholarship program debuted last year. Kelsey
Jarman, of Riverdale Park, and Semira Tesfai, of Hyattsville, each received
$1,000 awards while Riverdale’s Andrew Waldron captured a bonus honorable
mention award of $250.

The Lions Club International is a 96-year-old secular service organization
with more than 1.3 million members world-wide and is perhaps best known for
its work with the blind, the hearing and speech conservation, diabetes
awareness and youth outreach programs. In 2012, the Riverdale Lions Club
got eye exams and when necessary, glasses, for dozens of area youth and
needy persons.

Applications for funding must be submitted to the Lions Club in care of the
Town of Riverdale Park, 5008 Queensbury Road, Riverdale Park, MD 20737, no
later than Sept. 30. Awards will be presented at the annual Riverdale Park
Day, Saturday, Oct. 5 in Riverside Park.

For application details and eligibility, please review other side of this
page.



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*2013 Lions Club-Jonathan Ebbeler Scholarship Program*

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Riverdale Lions Club is proud to announce it will be distributing its
second annual Riverdale Lions Club-Jonathan Ebbeler Scholarship awards on
Oct. 5, 2013. Total funding for 2013 is $2,000 with $1,000 coming from the
Town of Riverdale Park Ward 1 Councilman and Riverdale Lions Club member
Jonathan Ebbeler and the balanced matched the Riverdale Lions Club. Minimum
Requirements include the following:

·      2.0 Cumulative GPA

·      Plans for furthering education (in any capacity – college,
university, trade school)

·      Established record of volunteer service

The application should include the following:

·      Transcript demonstrating grades

·      Contact information (name, address, phone number, email)

·      An essay that is at least 1 page no more than 5 pages where you
describe your core values (i.e. your basic set of beliefs that explains who
you are and how you live your life) and what this scholarship will mean to
you

References:

·      One Personal

·      One School

Preference will be given to applicants based on the following:

·      Essay Response

·      Demonstrated Need

·      Residence in 20737

·      Residence in District 22: (Riverdale Park, Berwyn Heights,
Greenbelt, Hyattsville, New Carrollton, University Park, Bladensburg, or
Edmonston)

Applications are due Monday, Sept. 30, 2013 and should be hand delivered or
postmarked to the Town of Riverdale Park’s Town Hall at the address below:

Town of Riverdale Park

c/o Riverdale Lions Club

5008 Queensbury Road

Riverdale, MD 20737
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