Contact your local chamber of commerce to see if there are local businesses that offer scholarships for students in the community. Some local newspapers make announcements about local students who win scholarships. Keep a record of the scholarships printed or go to your library and look at back issues of the newspaper. Contact the sponsoring organizations to see if you re eligible to enter the next competition. One of the benefits of online scholarship directories is that they can be updated at any time.
Local scholarships are truly the hidden backyard gems of financial aid.
Students often find the greatest success with smaller, local scholarships. You d be surprised how quickly the awards add up. Even the woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head and keeps pecking away until he finishes the job he starts. All Rights Reserved.