Scholarships for College
Dunkin’ Donuts and the franchisees of Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts are pleased to announce that applications for the 14th Annual Dunkin’ Donuts Scholarship Program will be available beginning February 1, 2009. Interested applicants can visit any Dunkin’ Donuts shop in Rhode Island or Bristol County Massachusetts for more information.
Dunkin’ Donuts will award $100,000 in scholarships to high school seniors and college students from Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts, who excel academically, demonstrate leadership qualities, are involved with the community, and have a clear goal for their future. Dunkin’ Donuts will award 100 recipients each with a $1,000 scholarship.
In the 14 years that local Dunkin’ Donuts franchisees have funded the program, more than $1.4 million in scholarships that have been awarded to area students to help further their education, demonstrating the franchisee’s long-standing commitment to supporting youth and education-based programs in the community.
“Now more than ever, hard working families are watching every penny, and we are pleased to have the opportunity to offer the Dunkin’ Donuts Scholarship to the students in our communities once again,” said Joe Prazeres, Dunkin’ Donuts franchisee and Chairman of the Dunkin’ Donuts Advertising Committee for the Providence market. “We created this program in an effort to give back to those who support us every day, and we hope that these scholarships will help ease the financial burden of attending college for many of our local families.”
Applicants to the Dunkin’ Donuts Scholarship Program must meet the following eligibility criteria:
•High school senior or graduate who plans to enroll or who is already enrolled in a course of study. Students must be enrolled at least half-time in a baccalaureate degree program at an accredited college or university, an associate degree program at an accredited junior or community college, or a certificate program at an approved vocational or technical institute.
•A resident of Rhode Island or Bristol County Massachusetts.
Eligible students can receive additional information by visiting participating Dunkin’ Donuts store in Rhode Island and Bristol County Massachusetts. Applications must be completed by March 15, 2009 for consideration. The Dunkin’ Donuts scholarship program is managed by Scholarship America.
For more information and a complete list of Scholarship Program eligibility requirements, please stop by Dunkin’ Donuts locations in Rhode Island and Bristol County Massachusetts or visit www.dunkindonuts.com/scholarship.
Giving back to the community that supports them is a key tenet of the Dunkin’ Donuts philosophy, and the franchisees take pride in supporting such local initiatives as the Dunkin’ Donuts Scholarship Program, Special Olympics Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Blood Center and Southcoast Blood Bank, Operation: Support Our Troops, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, the Jimmy Fund, and the
Dunkin’ Dugout at McCoy Stadium.
I think that more companies should have this oppertunity for kids to recieve scholarships for school. it is a good spirited thing to do,I’m sure it is greatly appreciated,because ther is people out there who needs the help.And every penny do help.
THANK YOU
Just a couple of things to think about. Can anyone tell me how many D & D franchisees there are in JUST Rhode Island? I know i can’t drive anywhere without seeing at least a half dozen or more, and thats only in lets say, a 5 minute driving distance of one another. I do applaud D & D on there “…effort to give back to those who support us every”, as Joe Prazeres, Dunkin’ Donuts franchisee and Chairman of the Dunkin’ Donuts Advertising Committee for the Providence market says, but seriously, $100,000, or $1,000 for 100 students. Come on! While I’m sure the recipients appreciate any free money they can get their hands on, how much does it really help. Frankly, $1,000 wouldn’t even be enough to send someone to CCRI for a year (and I’m not knocking CCRI in any way, I’m just fairly confident it is one of the lowest costing Higher Education facilities in our state). I think, and this is my opinion (and we all know what they say about opinions), that the scholarship money would be put to better use if the winning recipients were awarded $10,000. Yes, yes i realize this means that only ten lucky souls would benefit, but $10,000 could basically cover the two year cost of going to CCRI, greatly improving the lives of the award winners. How you ask? Well we all know that alot of young students not only have to worry about the aforementioned, but they also have to work full time in order to cover the costs of college. They wouldn’t, therefore, have this burden and would be able to solely concentrate on their studies, increasing their chances even greater of the various grants and scholarships, both federally and institutionally, afforded to students who keep a certain GPA. But like I said, this is just my opinion.
As soon as someone mentioned dunkin donuts scholership, I jumped at this opportunity. Why not, I’m working hard on improving my grades, applying for colleges, volenteering, looking for another job to help with my college expenses since my hours got reduced tremendously. One day a week only, that’s not going to even cover the cost of the books. It’s been so difficult with this economy, to accomplish that. So free money toward the huge cost of college sounds like music to my ears.
I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
I’d like to add to my statement 4 months ago. Just realized how big college tuition is. I also just realized that the scholarship is for a $1,000 only. Why not $10,000 increasing the scholarship donation to $100,000. That’s possible considering that there’s a Dunkin Donut in every corner. Considering the fact that evreything on the menu increased in price, my family spending a lot of $ at Dunkin Donuts over the years.
I also think that it’s a great idea to hire kids to work at DD that apply for the sholarship.
I’ve discussed my opinion with a lot of people and they agree with me.
I haven’t been able to find another job with this economy.
Thank You
phillip
Please understand that Dunkin’ Donuts chose to structure its scholarhip of $100,000 to help as many people as it could. $1,000 is NOT an insignificant amount of money by any measure. It is a leg up and $1,000 that a student or his or her parents don’t need to raise.
By your argument that the costs of college are so great, $10,000 would be of little consequential help when a university in Boston costs nearly $100,000.