2009 Scholarship Apps Coming Soon!

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To be eligible to apply:

• The senior must have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale or equivalent.

•  The senior must demonstrate financial need by completing the FAFSA application process and supplying the student aide report, SAR response letter.

•  The senior must plan to enroll in an accredited two or four year college or university the following Fall.  Some proof of acceptance, commitment or deposit must be documented with application.

•  The senior must obtain two written recommendations from school officials.  One should come from either a teacher and/or guidance counselor; another should come from the administrative team.

 Preference will be shown to the following:

•  Students, who demonstrate extra or co-curricular activities.

•  Students, who participate in community service projects.

•  Students, who have managed to work part time.

•  Students, who register to pursue environmental sciences.

• HRFA family members & students

 If you have trouble printing the materials, send a request to campbell@hrfanj.org   973-633-3030

Your application should be postmarked by May 24, 2008

Financial need must be demonstrated through the Federal FAFSA application process.  Students and parents apply through the college of their choice.  The FAFSA form determines the parents’ ability to pay for college.  It will determine how much scholarship money is awarded to the student, how much money in loans is approved and more importantly how much the family can afford to pay.  Naturally, the tuition from college to college varies greatly, but how much the parents can afford to pay does not change much.  The real difference in college tuition is made up in grants and loans.

All applications will be ordered from low to high in regards to ability to pay.  If there are 15 applications, they will be ranked from 1 to 15.  This ordinal number will be multiplied by 5 to get a composite score.  In addition to financial need, all other criteria will be weighted and scored.  The candidate with the highest overall score will be the recipient of the HRFA Scholarship.

Applications should be mailed to:

HRFA NJ Scholarship Program

P.O. Box 421

Cresskill, N. J.  07626

Print out the application on the link below and fill in the areas questioned.

Press Release:

Hudson River Fishermen's Association  2008

$20,000.00 Scholarship Program


Captain Darren Cardinal, Scholarship Chairperson of the Hudson River
Fishermen's Association, is proud to announce the HRFA's Scholarship
Program for 2008.  The HRFA will be awarding Twenty Thousand Dollars in
scholarships this year to graduating high school seniors. This
scholarship opportunity is available to any high school senior who meets
the criteria established by the HRFA and is committed to continuing
their education at an accredited college and/or university in the Fall.


Captain Cardinal, founder and major benefactor of the scholarship
program, has requested that financial need receive the highest priority.
We also take into account the following: GPA, extra curricula
activities, community service, work experience, field of study and an
essay.  Scholarships will be awarded at the winner's local high school.
Applications will be accepted anytime on or before May 24, 2008.  By
mail applications will be considered up to June 4, 2008, if they are
postmarked by May 24, 2008.

For more information on the criteria and/or an application, visit us at
www.hrfa.org and/or www.hrfa.us.  You may also pick up an application in
your high school guidance department.  Guidance counselors, who have
questions about the application process, can contact Jim Campbell at Wayne Public Schools 973-633-3030.

Parents and students, who have questions regarding the application process, can e-mail
Campbell@hrfanj.org or JCampbellRS@optonline.net.  Wayne Public Schools 973-633-3030