NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release-March 22, 2006

Attention: Business, Education and News Editors

CONTACT:

The Jackie Robinson Foundation

Diana Rodriguez

212-290-8600 Ext. 29

Gary Schueller

212-290-8600 Ext. 30

 

 

 

( BPRW) DEADLINE FOR JACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS 

DRAWING NEAR  

                        

**Award Provides Four-Year Funding, Mentoring and Leadership Development
Support**

 

( BLACK PR WIRE) New York, NY, March 20 -Friday, March 31, 2006 will mark
the application deadline for The Jackie Robinson Foundation scholarship.
Established in 1973 as a vehicle to perpetuate the pioneering legacy of the
baseball and social luminary, The Jackie Robinson Foundation provides
four-year college scholarships to minority students who have demonstrated
records of academic distinction, leadership capacity and financial need.  

 

Students may elect to use the award at any four-year accredited institution.
In addition to the financial assistance component, The Jackie Robinson
Foundation Education and Leadership Development Program (ELDP) includes
mentoring, leadership development training, career exploration programming,
internship placement assistance and networking opportunities.  Every March
during their four years of college, all Jackie Robinson Foundation Scholars
descend on New York for a four-day Networking Weekend which includes
seminars on a variety of professional development topics.  The Jackie
Robinson Foundation scholarship award covers the tuition of this conference.


 

Eligible students may apply ONLY at the Foundation's website,
www.jackierobinson.org <http://www.jackierobinson.org/> .  The Jackie
Robinson Foundation also requires that applicants register online with SAT
and/or ACT so that scores can be reported directly to the Foundation.  The
following codes provide direct routing to the Foundation: 

 

www.collegeboard.com <http://www.collegeboard.com/>     SAT code #4248

www.act.org <http://www.act.org/>     ACT code # 6570

 

The Jackie Robinson Foundation is currently supporting 266 Jackie Robinson
Foundation Scholars attending 93 colleges and universities in 33 different
states and the District of Columbia.  Since its inception, the Foundation
has distributed more than $14 million in assistance to scholarship
recipients, who have collectively maintained a 97% graduation rate - more
than twice the national average graduation rate for minority students.  For
more information about The Jackie Robinson Foundation, please visit,
www.jackierobinson.org <http://www.jackierobinson.org/> 

 

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