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Jean Myers Gift Gallery Scholarship Program
Live application window: January 6, 2025 through March 16, 2025 3:00 pm CT

Medina Hospital Foundation has established a scholarship program to assist children of employees who plan to continue their education in college or vocational school program.

This scholarship program is administered by Scholarship America, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor, and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.

Applicants to the Jean Myers Gift Gallery Scholarship Program must be:

  • Dependent* children, age 25 and under, of full-time or part-time Medina Hospital employees who have a minimum of one year of employment with the company as of the application deadline date.
    *Dependent children are defined as natural and legally adopted children, grandchildren or stepchildren living in the employee’s household or primarily supported by the employee.

OR

  • Volunteers who have completed at least 40 hours of service within the past 12 months at Medina Hospital and are in good standing.

AND

  • High school seniors or graduates planning to enroll or students already enrolled in full-time undergraduate course of study at an accredited two- or four- year college, university, or vocational-technical school for the entire upcoming academic year.

Award information:

  • If selected as a recipient, the student will receive an award in the amount of $1,000.
  • Up to seven (7) scholarships will be awarded each year.
  • Provided there are qualified applications, at least four of the awards will be granted to applicants who have volunteered at Medina Hospital in the last 12 months, completed at least 40 hours of volunteer service and are in good standing. Recipients of these four awards do not have to be children of employees.
  • Awards are not renewable; however students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements. Per IRS Rev. Proc. 76-47, the employment eligibility requirement does not apply to previous recipients.
  • Jean Myers Gift Gallery Scholarship recipients may receive an award a maximum of two (2) times. Recipients may receive only one (1) Medina Hospital Scholarship Award at a time.
  • Awards are for undergraduate study only.

Notification

Applicants will be notified in May. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients.

Payment of Scholarships

Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of the Medina Hospital Foundation. Payments are made in one installment in early August.

Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:

  • Academic record
  • Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
  • Work experience
  • A statement of educational and career goals and objectives
  • Unusual personal or family circumstances
  • An online recommendation

Financial need will not be considered.

Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or associate of Medina Hospital Foundation play a part in the selection. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.

As part of your application, you must upload the following documents:

  • A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Transcripts must display:
    • Student name
    • School name
    • Grades
    • Credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.

NOTE: If you are providing SAT or ACT test scores, and those scores are not listed on your high school transcript, you will need to upload a copy of your test score report(s) separately. If you are uploading a college transcript, those scores are not required.

One online recommendation form must be submitted on your behalf no later than March 19, 2025 3:00 pm Central Time.

Your application is not complete unless all required documents are submitted electronically.

Medina Hospital Foundation has partnered with Scholarship America. Selecting the button below will redirect you to the Scholarship America Student Hub!

Please make sure to add studentsupport@scholarshipamerica.org as well as the program email address provided below in the footer as safe senders in your email contact list.