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The 2nd Annual Valley Credit Union college scholarship

Valley Credit Union is offering $5,000 in scholarships to students who are high school graduates attending an accredited program in the fall of 2025. The 2nd Annual Valley Credit Union college scholarship for high school seniors recognizes and encourages academic excellence and community engagement among our young members. Just as we honor the legacy of our past, we believe we have a responsibility to invest in the future and our community.

Questions you'll need to answer for the application:

 
-What motivates you to continue your education? Share an experience (paid work, volunteer, family, or school activity) that you think would help us to know you better.
-Explain how the environment in which you were raised has shaped you as a person. Give us a specific example on how you have contributed to your community, and how you applied the credit union’s philosophy of “People Helping People”?
-Describe how you plan to pay for your higher education.

 

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1)  Applicant needs to be a member of Valley Credit Union at the time of application.
2)  Applicants must be attending school in the fall of 2025.
3) The scholarship is to be used towards an accredited college, university or technical school.
4) A student may receive a scholarship from another source and still be eligible to receive this award.
5) Students applying for the scholarship will apply on a form authorized by the Board of Directors of Valley Credit Union.
6) All materials MUST be received or postmarked by March 31, 2025.
7)  Submit completed application &  most recent academic transcripts from your school/college to:
 
Mail: Valley Credit Union
Attn: Scholarship Program
PO Box 12903
Salem, OR 97309
 
or e-mail it to valley-marketing@valleycu.org