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CONNECTICUT-FLORIDA-GEORGIA-MARYLAND-NORTH CAROLINA-NEW JERSEY-NEW YORK-PENNSYLVANIA-MASSACHUSSETTS Providing Opportunities SCHOLARSHIPS Through IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,000.00 EACH WILL Education BE AWARDED (over 4 years) Mavis & Ephraim Hawthorne Golden Krust Foundation Scholarship Award INVITATION TO PARTICIPANTS Golden Krust invites graduating high school seniors to participate in the 7.Provide a copy of the acceptance letter or certification of enrollment Mavis & Ephraim Hawthorne Golden Krust Scholarship Competition. The issued from a two or four year college or university. Mavis & Ephraim Hawthorne Golden Krust Foundation was established in Deadline for Submission 2005 in memory of Ephraim and Mavis Hawthorne, parents of the Hawthorne family, who owned and operated Hawthorne & Sons Bakery in Jamaica, Entries must be submitted by June 1st and must be accompanied by a separate West Indies, which has now evolved into the Golden Krust restaurant chain. sheet of paper stating your name, email address, home address, telephone number, and the high school from which you graduated. Please mail your The award will be in the amount of $4,000. $1,000 will be awarded application to the Mavis & Ephraim Hawthorne Golden Krust Scholarship every year over four years granted the candidate remains eligible. Foundation, 399 Knollwood Rd, Suite 117, White Plains, NY 10606. The deadline for submission of all applications is June 1st. Phone: 914-228-5914 Eligibility Requirements 1.Must be a graduating high school senior. You may also submit by email to [email protected] 2.Maintain at least 3.0 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale. 3.Conduct at least 20 hours of community service with a local organization. A panel of judges will choose the winner based on the strength of his/ her 4. At least 2 letters of recommendations from teachers, religious leaders, essay, community involvement and recommendations. and/or political representatives. 5. Submission of a 2 – 3 page typed essay, font size 12, Times New Roman The winners will be notified by email. The decision of the judges is final. All font, on all of the following topics: (a) How has your education contributed essays will become the property of the Mavis & Ephraim to who you are today? (b) Describe how you have demonstrated leadership Hawthorne Golden Krust Foundation. Each winner ability both in and out of school. (c) Discuss a special attribute or will be required to sign a release giving the accomplishment that sets you apart from others. (d) Describe your most Foundation the sole permission to use his/her meaningful achievement to date. (e) Discuss why you are a good candidate photographs and essays for publicity purposes. to receive this award. 6.Be accepted for admission at an approved accredited institution of higher education in a program of study that leads to a degree..