Scholarship Value: $5,000
Awards Available: 3
Thank you for your interest in the Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 1071 Scholarship Program. For 2025 three $5,000 scholarships will be awarded.
In order to qualify for a VVA Scholarship you must:
- Be a child or grandchild of an active-duty military or military veteran (living or deceased)
- Be accepted into an accredited college, trade or technical school
- Not be a previous Chapter 1071 Scholarship awardee
- Write a non-AI-assisted essay and make a VVA Chapter 1071 meeting in-person presentation and
- Submit a completed VVA Chapter 1071 Scholarship Application by March 31, 2025
Regarding your essay, it must not exceed 1,000 words and can be on any one of the following three topics with references to the sources of your information. You will get extra credit for interviewing a veteran and including the contents of that interview in your essay. Your personal opinions should be clearly indicated in the content of your essay and essay should be written from your perspective (not that of the veteran). If help is needed in contacting a Veteran, contact Jerry Zimmer at 303.866.4233 or director12@vva1071.org.
- What is your opinion of the decision of the United States to enter the Viet Nam War.
- If someone in your family is a Viet Nam Veteran, explain how that has affected your family.
- What can be done to address the catastrophe of twenty military veterans committing suicide each day.
Preference will be given to descendants of Vietnam Veterans, especially Chapter 1071 Veterans. Applicants may be invited to a personal or video interview with the Scholarship Committee. After any interviews and evaluation of each application, winners will be notified by phone or e-mail. Winners will be required to read their essays at a VVA General Meeting (at 10:00 am, third Saturday of a month in Lakewood CO).
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