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INTL Scholarship recipient receives Joseph T. Taylor Award

Jacqueline Hill, a Fall 2015 Fifth Third Bank / INTL Scholarship recipient, was presented with the Joseph T. Taylor Academic Achievement Award on December 19th.  Jacqueline was attending the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. luncheon in Indianapolis, when the faculty of IUPUI surprised her and presented her with the award.  It’s Not Too Late Scholarship would like to recognize Ms. Hill for her accomplishments and for achieving a 4.00 GPA this past semester. Congratulations Jaki.

Student Financial Budgeting Workshop

On December 5th, It’s Not Too Late Scholarship and Scott Credit Union, provided a student financial budgeting workshop to middle school and high school students at the Mason-Clark middle school in East St. Louis, IL.  The event was hosted by the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (East St. Louis Alumnae Chapter) and was a part of their annual Breakfast with Santa event.  In total, there were about 20 students that participated, which included the young men from the Kappa League/Guide Right program of the East St. Louis Alumni Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.

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Fall 2015 INTL Scholarship Recipients

It’s Not Too Late Scholarship is proud to award at total of $5,000 in scholarships to five worthy students. We would like to congratulate the 2015 Fall recipients who will be attending various universities this year. The recipients are listed below.

TaKyra Fowler – $1,500, University of Central Florida
Jacqueline Hill – $1,250, Indiana University-Purdue University
Robert O’Connor – $875, Bethune-Cookman University
Steven Roberts,II – $875, Alabama A&M University
Constance Bennett – $500, Tuskegee University

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INTL Scholarship & SCU Award $1,000 Scholarship

It’s Not Too Late Scholarship and Scott Credit Union are proud to award a $1,000 scholarship to Cortesia Owens.  Cortesia is a 2015 graduate of Incarnate Word Academy and graduated with a 3.52 GPA.  She will be attending Truman State University this fall and majoring in Political Science. Cortesia is very involved in the community and is a member of several extra curricular activities.  We would like to congratulate Cortesia on her accomplishments and wish her much success at Truman State and her future endeavors.

INTL Scholarship Financial Education Workshop

It’s Not Too Late Scholarship and Scott Credit Union partnered to provide a financial education workshop to college students in our community.  Below are a list of the few highlights from the workshop.  We want to thank everyone who helped make this a successful event.

  • Held financial education workshop on Thursday, July 16th at New Life Community Church in East St Louis​, IL.
  • Approximately 30 students attended along with their parents.
  • Financial budgeting activity for students conducted with Scott Credit Union​.
  • INTL Scholarship promotion – Scott Credit Union (SCU) to invest $50 with anyone who opens a youth account with $5.  SCU willing to give students $50 who brought in flyer to local branch​.  Also, if they recommend someone else to open account, they will receive an additional $50.
  • $1000 Scholarship offered at workshop to students who attended and applied​.  Scholarship will be awarded the first week of August.
  • Students to set up Go Fund Me Pages.

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Fifth Third Bank Foundation Grant

It’s Not Too Late Scholarship is proud to partner with Fifth Third Bank.  The Fifth Third Bank grant was awarded to our nonprofit organization based on our educational focus in the community and initiatives that we provide to local students.  Fifth Third Bank has a rich legacy of community support. In 1948, it became the first financial institution in the United States to establish a charitable foundation. Today, it continues to invest the time, resources and people to help build a better tomorrow in the communities it serves.  We are excited to impact the lives of deserving college students, while encouraging our recipients to do the same in the future, by coming up with innovative ways to help others.  On behalf of the INTL Scholarship board, we would like to thank Fifth Third Bank for their support and helping us continue to Pay it Forward, One Dime at a Time.

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INTL Scholarship & Scott Credit Union Workshop

It’s Not Too Late Scholarship, to provide scholarship opportunities to local college students (incoming freshmen and returning students). To be eligible, students must attend informational on Thursday, July 16th at 6:30 p.m. at New Life Community Church, 1919 State St, ESL, IL. 62205. For more information, please contact us at INTLScholarship@hotmail.com. This scholarship event is made possible through a partnership with Scott Credit Union. A $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to one student who attends the informational and applies for the scholarship. Also, we will be providing information on our Fall scholarship award for all students (See FAQ page on how to apply).
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Susan G. Komen Pink Tie Guy – KSDK News Channel 5

INTL Scholarship Co-founder, Joseph Flanders, has been selected as a 2015 Pink Tie Guy for the Susan G. Komen nonprofit organization. As a Pink Tie Guy, Joseph will help inform, influence and inspire our families, friends and our community to raise funds to help end breast cancer. His mother Gwendolyn Flanders, is a two-time breast cancer survivor, and at age 76 is an active supporter of Susan G. Komen. He wants to recognize her for never giving up while continuing to help others who are facing similar situations.

INTL Scholarship receives donation from AB Foundation

Its Not Too Late Scholarship is proud to continue its partnership with the Anheuser-Busch Foundation.  The AB Foundation contribution supplements their employees’ individual efforts to help support Its Not Too Late Scholarship.  Thanks to generous contributions of Anheuser-Busch employees, the AB Foundation has donated more than $15 million in the past three decades to educational institutions across the country through its Anheuser-Busch Employee Matching Gift Program.  Its Not Too Late Scholarship would like to thank the AB Foundation for continuing to help us “Pay it Forward, One Dime at a Time“.

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Scott Credit Union Sponsorship

Its Not Too Late Scholarship is proud to receive a sponsorship from Scott Credit Union.  The Bronze Level Sponsorship (The Scholar) was awarded to our nonprofit organization based on our educational focus in the community and the financial initiatives that we provide to local students. Scott Credit Union has contributed about $330,000 to the community and their employees have volunteered more than 2,700 hours to a variety of local civic efforts throughout the region through the end of 2014.  SCU has also contributed approximately $1.4 million and their employees have volunteered nearly 13,000 hours to a variety of local civic efforts and financial education throughout the region in the past six years.  SCU has increased their community involvement in the past few years while also increasing efforts to educate consumers of the value of doing their financial business with a not-for-profit credit union.  On behalf of the INTL Scholarship board, we would like to thank Scott Credit Union for their support and helping us continue to Pay it Forward, One Dime at a Time.