Mays Mission Handicapped Scholarships for Disabilities
Mays Mission Handicapped Scholarships for disabilities provides student aid that is worth taking a look at. For more than 35 years, the Mays Mission for the Handicapped has provided opportunities for individuals with disabilities in the areas of employment, camperships, scholarships and emergency monetary assistance. The organization is supported through charitable contribution.
Mays Mission was originally founded on the premise that everyone deserves an opportunity. The founder of the Mission, Ewing W. Mays, was a soldier who was wounded during combat during World War II, suffering the loss of both legs during a mortar attack in Sicily, and knew first-hand the difficulties that individuals with disabilities could face, particularly in the area of finding employment. By founding Mays Mission, he hoped to change the way which persons with disabilities were viewed.
Today Mays Mission scholarships are awarded to deserving individuals with mental and/or physical disabilities. At the current time, the Missions provides support for seven college students. In order to qualify for a Mays Mission scholarship, individuals must be able to document a significant disability and must also have a score of at least 870 on the SAT or 18 on the ACT. Applicants must also be enrolled in a four-year program of study. Only undergraduate applicants are accepted. Students must be working toward a baccalaureate degree to be eligible to receive one of the Mays Mission for the Handicapped scholarships.
Once accepted into the program, award recipients must agree to provide proof of full-time enrollment each semester and must also submit grades. Recipients are required to maintain a GPA of 2.3 or higher and write an update letter to the Mission with information regarding grades, triumphs, struggles, how they are doing and campus life in general. Mays Mission handicapped scholarships are offered nationwide and there is no limit to any particular field of study.
Mays Mission for the Handicapped also provides on-the-job training, in keeping with their founder’s desire to improve employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Once Mr. Mays had overcome his disability he began to tour field hospitals throughout Asia. After returning home he decided to hire the disabled to design and then print and package support materials. Today, Mays Mission continues to provide on-the-job training for people with disabilities, training them in a variety of departments, including graphic arts and data entry.
The deadline to apply for Mays Mission scholarships for people with disabilities is June 30th. Each scholarship awarded has a value of $500.
I just check my mail and saw this advertisement. I think It suits for me and meet all qualification. Can I apply for this or not? Please reply. Yours sincerely, Dinesh lohani
dinesh,
apply for any scholarship where you seem to fit their scholarship criteria. You can always ask the scholarship sponsor specific question about it by sending an email to them via their contact webpage on their website. This will give you certain answers to your questions.
how do i contact this university. l am physically challenged and i am married with a daughter my country does not care for the disabled and i have had a lot of problems. i have a bachelor of science in physics and i have a very deep interest in theoretical physics, radiation and medical physics. please help me get a scholarship in any foreign university in a country that cares for the physically challenged. being in hell is the same as being physically challenged in my country.
ayowole,
go to Mays Mission Scholarships to apply for it. You may want to consider Canadian bursaries too. Canada allows you to receive a bursary from them if you attend school in Canada. Try also your very own government bursaries too. More reading at: Canadian bursaries and scholarships.
My son has a rare disease and also had a stoke with the last brain surgery he gets ssd like ssi but he never work.which is small I need to find free money free school.
donna,
go to: https://www.disability.gov/education to read more. Also contact organizations which provide support for your son’s condition too. Many times they have programs which he can apply to for student aid.
I am from Ethiopia I live with disability since child. i study civil and urban engineering need scholarship for a better education in USA .
Negateneh,
you will want to look into educational bursaries which your government provides firstly. easy to apply to and all are need based.
I am young disable man with a right arm paralysed for 14 years due to a rugby football accident when I was doing my grade ten at the age of 15. I Live in the remote party of Papua New Guinea, but due to no further education and support I really want to further my study I need your scholarship support in your country USA,please
Timothy,
look into educational bursaries, especially from your own government. Gov bursaries are easy to apply to; and easier to get! Also Canadian bursaries are given to students from out of country to, if you attend a university in Canada.