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FROM: Jeff Rains, Chapter PresidentSUBJECT: 12th Annual SOAR Scholarship Award
The Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR) Chapter will make our annual scholarship awards to 2021 area high school graduates who are related to an active SOAR member. The presentation will take place at the SOAR Awards Banquet (location to be determined) on August 9th, 2021. The scholarship winner(s) must attend the banquet when the scholarships are awarded.
The award is fully described in the guidelines enclosed with this letter, along with the application and certification forms. These must be completed and returned to the scholarship committee before the essay contest. The major eligibility requirements is the applicant must be related (children, grandchildren, great grandchildren) to an active current SOAR member and registered to attend school on a full-time basis, and that the school be one that will normally lead to a recognized and accredited bachelor’s or associate’s degree, or professional or technical certificate in a program of study that is at least two years in length.
Applicants are required to write an essay about the labor-oriented topic listed below. The essay will be submitted to the Scholarship Committee on or before Saturday, APRIL 10th, 2021. The essay should be a minimum of two pages in length. Below is the study topic:
“ The Importance of Presidential Appointments”
The 2021 SOAR essay will focus on the importance of Presidential Appointments.
The essay should focus on how Presidential Appointments can affect our everyday lives. For example appointments for Cabinet Members, Judges, Directors of Agencies (Ex; NLRB ,OSHA, EPA, Consumer Protection, Veterans Administration----,Etc,Etc).
The Illinois Labor History Society, local libraries and the Internet are excellent sources to obtain books and other study related materials and information for the essay.
Your assistance is greatly needed to help get this information into the hands of the 2021 high school graduates in your family and at your local school who may qualify. The students will need copies of all the enclosed documents (Rules & Guidelines, Certificate of High School, Certificate of Qualifying Union and Application) as well as this letter announcing the essay topic. Please feel free to make as many copies as needed...
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