Education & Care Fund
Application Procedure
Requirements
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Applicants must be residents of Lancaster County.
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Applicants must be high school seniors or graduates applying to Moravian University or Harrisburg Area Community College.
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Applicants must maintain a 2.5 grade point average on a four point scale.
Application Process
Interested applicants should apply to the college and program that interests them. After you pass all of the requirements to be accepted into your preferred program, please ask the college Admissions and Scholarship committees to forward your approved application to the Phyllis G. Kreider Education and Care Fund, administered at the Faithful Journey Foundation, 275 Hess Blvd, Lancaster, PA 17601. Please write a short cover letter describing your educational and career goals and why you would be a fit with the principles Phyllis promotes.
It is anticipated that one scholarship to Moravian University in the amount of $8000 will be awarded annually and two scholarships to the Lancaster Campus of HACC in the amount of $4000 will be available. Scholarships will be continued throughout your education program as long as you maintain a 2.5 grade point average.
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Interview Process
The Advisors of the Fund will contact you to schedule an
in-person interview to be held in Lancaster, possibly in a conference room at Trillium Place by Tandem Living. We have been friends of Phyllis and are closely involved in the development of the Fund. We want to meet you to further discuss your career goals and also to answer any questions that you may have about the process.
Award Preliminary Notification
If you are selected for a scholarship you will receive an email from the Advisors notifying you of your selection. We request that you do two final things to complete the process.
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To facilitate communication between the Phyllis G. Kreider Education Fund and your college or university, we request that you add Gregory W. Pierce, Advisor, to your list of financial contacts (green sheet). This opens a communication channel about timing, lost checks, etc.
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We request that you submit a picture and brief biography that we can add to the Scholarship Fund web page so that others can be inspired by your story. Our scholars are our best advertisement!
Formal Award Notification
You will receive an Award Letter notifying you of the amount of aid that you will receive for the next semester. Your scholarship may come in the form of one check directly to your university and directed to your student account number or invoice number, and another check routed through your employer if you are a current Tandem Living employee.
This mechanism is used to communicate with your employer and to avoid taxation of the scholarship benefits. A copy of the Award letter can also be forwarded to the Registrar’s or Bursar’s Office at your college or university so that they know what to expect and from whom.
Re-Application Process
At the end of each semester please forward a copy of your grades and an estimate of your next semester’s costs so that we can generate another Award Letter on your behalf. We share a commitment to our scholarship recipients and want to continue funding your educational and career goals.