Deadline: May 1st, 2019
Award Amount: $2,000
Requirements:
Student may choose to send either an essay or a video submission on the following topic: What are the most important life lessons that you have learned from a grandparent or other senior in your life? How will you use the lessons learned from them in your future career in working with seniors?Essay Requirements:
400 to 700 words emailed to scholarship@aplaceformom.com; emails should include student’s name in the subject line.
Video Requirements:
- The Video must consist of the Applicant’s interview of a senior or the Applicant’s sharing a story about life lessons from an older person who is/was important in the Applicant’s life.
- Video must be at least two minutes, but no more than three minutes.
- The Video should have good production quality (images, sound, etc.); the Video doesn’t have to be polished, but needs to be well put together.
- The Video may include other people, but the Applicant must have permission from all individuals who appear in or are mentioned in the Video to use their name, voice and/or image. If they are not willing, please do not use them in the Video. If requested, Applicants must be able to provide A Place for Mom with such permission on a form acceptable to A Place for Mom.
The Video may not:
- Contain material that violates or infringes another’s rights, including but not limited to privacy, publicity or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement.
- Feature brand names or trademarks.
- Contain artwork not created by the Applicant.
- Contain copyrighted music without permission or licensing for use in this Application.
- Large video files (20MB or larger) should be uploaded to Vimeo or YouTube and the link included in an email to scholarship@aplaceformom.com. Please note that our email system will not accept .zip files.
Website: Apply here
