Garden Club Federation of Maine
 and National Garden Club Scholarship Information
ATTENTION:  Maine residents majoring in horticulture or related areas.  See the application form for the specific majors.  The Garden Club Federation of Maine gives a scholarship to college juniors, seniors and master candidates.  PhD (doctoral) candidates are not eligible. 
The winner of the Maine scholarship is eligible for one of 34 National Garden Clubs, Inc. Scholarships.  These are $4,000. each.  Application forms for the state and national scholarship must be submitted at the same time.  Application forms and instructions for submitting them follow. 
All applications must be sent to:  Garden Club Federation of Maine,  Maine Scholarship Chairman Mary Blackstone, 5 Christian Ridge Road, Ellsworth, ME  04605
All applications must be received by March 1, 2010.  We look forward to reading your applications.  Winners will be notified April 1, 2010.  Good Luck!  Mary Blackstone, Scholarship Chair.

In Order to Open the GCFM Scholarship Form w/ the GCFM Financial Aid Form and the National Garden Clubs, Inc. Application Form for Advanced Scholarship and the accompanying NGC Financial Aid form, you will need to download the Adobe Acrobat Reader (see below).

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click here to open the GCFM Scholarship Form
 click here to open the Financial Aid Form
or
click  here for the Mary Lou Marks Smith Scholarship Form
or
click here for the National Garden Clubs, Inc College Scholarship Form
(Financial Aid Form Included)

NOTE:  Only one set of references and one personal letter and one list of extracurricular activities is needed for both applications. 

 

 

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