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/> # # #