I hope this article that I wrote brings light to unclaimed funding for graduating students not only in the town of Kingsville but provincially. It was published by The Kingsville Times

If you know of a student graduating in June, please read on! There are over 130 scholarships and/or bursaries available in our community alone that range from $300 to $10,000.

Thousands of dollars go unawarded every year. It’s more than worth the time to look at all the options as things have changed in recent years. Essays are not always required. Some allow submissions which include video, audio, podcast or artistic representations. Reference letters are also not required by many.

Specific details about each application are posted for the grade 12s in the Greater Essex County District School Board’s Edsby folder titled “Scholarship Applications 2022/23.” Deadlines for applications begin mid-April.

There are applications for students who are pursuing studies in horticulture, health care, food service or hospitality, entering law or emergency service, science, history, public relations, civics, technology, engineering, math, criminology, law, agriculture, border services, education, business and more.

Students do not always need to have an academic standing to apply for many scholarships or awards. Some are based on other factors such as:

• Having a financial need

• Exemplifying kindness, compassion, optimism and living each day to its fullest

• Achieving a level of excellence in Drama

• Having overall involvement in KDHS including music and sports

• Consistently displaying exemplary citizenship (and does not have to be going to college or university)

• Having overcome personal challenges (physical health or emotional health)

• Having experienced the impact of cancer either personally or within his/her immediate family

• Being a Canadian Citizen or permanent resident of Canada diagnosed with Crohn’s or Colitis

• Having a learning disability

• Being of African descent

There are many more memorial awards to review as well as those from the Town of Kingsville and financial institutions.

Community organizations such as the Rotary Clubs of Cottam, Harrow and Kingsville, The Royal Canadian Legion, Knights of Columbus, the Optimist Club, Kingsville Horticultural Society, COPPS for Charity, local businesses and churches are also very generous in supporting our graduating students.

Additional options are posted on the Board’s website. 

As a community, Kingsville thanks every local organization that supports the future of our students by opening doors to funding opportunities.

This would also not be possible without the dedication of the K.D.H.S. staff. A special thank you to our senior secretary, Madeleine Kirzinger for sharing this information.