Scholarship Application 2018 First Financial FCU is offering the chance for one graduating senior 1 410-321-6060 / 1-800-903-3328 from every high school within the communities we serve to win a www.firstfinancial.org $3,000 College Scholarship.

SCHOLARSHIP PACKET DEADLINE - FEBRUARY 1, 2018

COMPLETE APPLICATION

BEFORE applying: Student Information Student must be a member in good Name (First, MI, Last) FFFCU Account Number (last 5 digits) standing of First Financial FCU. Membership is defined as a Share Home Address: Street ID 01 account in the student’s name.

Account types that do not constitute City State Zip membership include Custodial, Coverdell Education IRA, Health Phone Birth Date Savings, Trust and Estate Accounts. New members should mail or drop Personal Email High School off a membership application to any First Financial location PRIOR to submitting the scholarship packet Intended College or Post Secondary Institution Intended Major or Field of Study by the February 1st deadline.

If not yet a member, visit www.firstfinancial.org or call 410-321-6060 for a membership application.

GATHER ITEMS

BEFORE submitting: Scholarship Packet Checklist Gather items to COMPLETE the q This 1-page application Scholarship Packet. Please see back of application for instructions q Official High School Transcript (minimum un-weighted GPA of 2.5 required) for where to submit your application. q One Academic letter of reference

q One Character letter of reference (acceptable references include Counselors, Coaches, Employers, etc.)

q List and describe school and community activities. Include any leadership roles and responsibilities.

q Essay of 300 words or less on the following topic: Think about a meaningful experience from your own life and explain how it has influenced your development.

For First Financial FCU Use Only: Date Received: Reference Number: GPA: Initials: CHECK SUBMISSION DETAILS

If your school IS listed here: School Listing submit all required documents as one packet to your school’s Boys’ Latin School of Counseling Office by the Mount Saint Joseph High School February 1, 2018 deadline. Calvert Hall College High School New Town High School If your school IS NOT listed here: Carver Center for Arts & Technology Our Lady of Mt. Carmel either mail all required documents as one packet directly to FFFCU, c/o Scholarship Committee, 1215 York Century High School Road, Lutherville, MD 21093 -or- Chesapeake High School Park School

bring to any First Financial office by Concordia Preparatory School the February 1, 2018 deadline. Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Patapsco High School

All submissions MUST be received Perry Hall Christian School by FEBRUARY 1, 2018.2

Eastern Technical High School

Francis Scott Key High School

Franklin High School Redeemer Classical Christian School

Friends School of Roland Park Country School

Garrison Forest School South Carroll High School

Gateway School Sparrows Point High School

Gilman School St. Paul’s School

Hereford High School St. Paul’s School for Girls 2 Incomplete applications, applications Kenwood High School St. Timothy’s School for Girls received after the deadline (regardless of postmark date), and applications The Catholic High School that are not submitted to the correct Liberty High School location (as indicated above) will be disqualified. Western School of Technology Westminster High School

Manchester Valley High School Winters Mill High School

McDonogh School Woodlawn High School

1 Graduating seniors who are FFFCU members but do not attend a Baltimore County, Carroll County, or private high school within our field of membership are still eligible to apply and win. These students should submit their application directly to FFFCU, c/o Scholarship Committee, 1215 York Road, Lutherville, MD 21093 or submit at any First Financial office by February 1, 2018. First Financial FCU employees, volunteers, and their family members are ineligible to apply.

QUESTIONS? CONTACT FFFCU’S MARKETING DEPARTMENT AT 410-321-6060.