Heritage Fund scholarship applications available

Scholarship application forms are now available through Heritage Fund – The Community Foundation of Bartholomew County on its website.

Heritage Fund awarded more than $600,000 in educational scholarships in 2016 to 145 area students. Scholarships are available for graduating high school seniors, college students, graduate school students and non-traditional students.

Amy Laker, scholarship manager for Heritage Fund, says there are several new scholarships this year including the Ray Amlung Memorial scholarship, which will go to help an engineering student, and the Henry, Clara and Alice Weichman Scholarship which will help adult students attending IUPUC, Ivy Tech Community College in Columbus, or Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne.

You can look for the application at HFBCscholarships.communityforce.com. The deadline to enter for next year’s round of scholarships is January 13th.