SCHOLARSHIPS 2026-2027
The Avon Lake American Legion Post 211 is offering up to eight $4,000 scholarships to high school seniors.
Applicants must have parents or grandparents who are members of Post 211 American Legion located at 31972 Walker for at least one year and have a GPA of at least 3.5.
Applications for the scholarship as well as the requirements are available at the Post canteen and are attached for your benefit. Deadline for filing of the scholarship application is June 14.
Would you please forward this to your high school principal and confirm receipt of this information.
For your information, our Post has awarded over $80,000 in scholarships to local area students over the past two years.
Thank you.
Ken Karpy
Avon Lake American Legion Post 211
Legislative and Media Liason
The following school superintendents were sent this information:
Avon - Avon Lake - Bay Village - North Ridgeville - Westlake - Sheffield
Sheffield Lake - Rocky River - Fairview Park - Also sent to local papers.
BOYS STATE SCHOLARSHIP
American Legion Boys State is among the most respected and selective educational programs of government instruction
for high school students. It is a participatory program where each participant becomes a part of the operation
of his local, county and state government.
Boys State has been a program of The American Legion since 1935 when it organized to counter the Fascist inspired Young Pioneer Camps. The program was the idea of two Illinois Legionnaires, Hayes Kennedy and Harold Card, who organized the first Boys State at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield.
The American Legion Auxiliary sponsors a similar program for young ladies called Girls State. At American Legion Boys State, participants are exposed to the rights and privileges, the duties and the responsibilities of a franchised citizen. The training is objective and practical with city, county and state governments operated by the students elected to the various offices. Activities include legislative sessions, court proceedings, law enforcement presentations, assemblies, bands, chorus and recreational programs.
High school juniors are selected by local American Legion Posts to attend the program. In most cases, expenses associated with attending this program are paid by a sponsoring American Legion Post, a local business or another community-based organization.
American Legion Boys State is currently conducted in 49 Departments of The American Legion. Hawaii does not conduct a program. As separate corporations, Boys States vary in content and method of procedure, but each and every Boys State adheres to the basic concept of the program - that of teaching government from the township to the state level.