NARFE Scholarship Program

NARFE OPENS 2011 SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION

The NARFE Scholarship Program is administered by the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund (FEEA) and is made possible by your tax-deductible contributions to the NARFE/FEEA Scholarship Fund.

The competition is open to all children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and stepchildren of all current NARFE members. A total of 60 scholarships of $1,000 each will be awarded, six in each of NARFE’s 10 Regions.

With the publication of the application form in the February issue of the NARFE magazine, the 2011 NARFE Scholarship Competition opened. The scholarship form appears on pp. 47 and 48 in the February issue and on pp. 45 and 46 in the March issue. It also will run in the April issue. In addition, the form is also available on the NARFE Web site, www.narfe.org.

The completed application is to be mailed to:

NARFE Scholarship Award,

3333 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Suite 300,

Lakewood, CO 80227

and

must be postmarked no later than April 30, 2011.

If you have any questions contact the Region III FEEA Coordinator , Sandy McKinney, 770-396-3598, skm1126@bellsouth.net.

The FEEA was orginally set up only as a college scholarship fund and then expanded to also include a $500 emergency fund for federal employees and retirees devistrated by hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados and floods.