Butler's Pantry Melinda Jackson Scholarship

The Butler’s Pantry Melinda Jackson Scholarship will award a renewable $1,000 scholarship annually. Butler’s Pantry employees and dependent children of employees who are enrolled, or will enroll, in an accredited, nonprofit, two year or four year college, university or trade school and demonstrate financial need are eligible to apply.

Student Eligibility

To be eligible, the applicant must

  • be an employee of Butler’s Pantry or a dependent child of an employee of Butler’s Pantry.
  • be a graduating high school senior or undergraduate college student.
  • have achieved a 2.5 grade point average on a 4 point scale (or the equivalent).
  • plan to enroll in an accredited post-secondary program of study leading to a certificate, an Associate or a Bachelor’s degree.
  • demonstrate unmet financial need.

Recipients’ name, contact information, college and major will be shared with Butler’s Pantry.

Renewal
Scholarships are renewable up to three additional undergraduate years if a renewal application is submitted in a timely manner and academic and financial eligibility criteria continue to be met.

Notification
Application status will be changed from submitted to either offered or denied in June. Applicants can view their status by logging in to their Scholarship Central account.

Selection Criteria
The St. Louis Community Foundation is responsible for evaluation, selection, and determination of award amount. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Please answer all questions that apply to you, even if they are not marked “required.”

Questions? Contact Ellen Vietor, Scholarship Manager at the St. Louis Community Foundation at (314) 880-4960 or scholarships@stlgives.org.

Eligibility, financial need, and award amount for this scholarship program will be determined by the St. Louis Community Foundation. This scholarship program, as component fund of the St. Louis Community Foundation, does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, creed, national origin, gender, age, color, sexual orientation, veteran status, physical or mental disability.

Donor
Butler's Pantry
Award
$1,000, renewable
Deadline
04/15/2023
Supplemental Questions
  1. To be considered for this scholarship, your Scholarship Central General Application MUST include your FALL transcript for the current academic year. The transcript should show your name, school, grades, and cumulative GPA. If you previously uploaded an earlier transcript, please upload a new transcript to your General Application and change your answer to the GPA question. If your college choice has changed, please update that on the General Application as well.
  2. What is your affiliation with Butler's Pantry?
  3. If different than the applicant's, enter the Butler's Pantry employee name.
  4. If different than the applicant's, please enter the complete address of the Butler's Pantry employee.
  5. If different than the applicant's, please enter the best phone number of the Butler's Pantry employee.
  6. ESSAY: Butler's Pantry established this scholarship to honor a former employee who exemplified the company’s "Guiding Principles of Leadership" such as: “Leaders empower personal growth”, “Leaders are compassionate and caring”, and “Leaders celebrate the success of others”. Write an essay that explains your guiding principles of leadership, providing examples of when you have taken a leadership role.
  7. Upload your FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR) for next year.
  8. Enter your EFC that is on your FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR).
  9. UPLOAD: Please upload next year's Financial Aid Award Letter from the college you will attend. This document will be required before an award can be determined and should include: college name, applicant name, loans, grants and scholarships offered.
  10. What school issued the award letter that you uploaded?
  11. Upload documentation from the school you plan to attend that shows your total cost of attendance.
  12. Where will you live during the academic year for which you are applying?
  13. List the names of any siblings, their age(s), and what school(s) they are attending (if any)
  14. If you wish to inform the reviewers of any unusual financial circumstances, including costs associated with your education or educational loans already incurred for or by you, please provide here. Please note that tax forms, W-2s or other documentation may be requested to verify information on the FAFSA Student Aid Report.
  15. SCHOLARSHIP CENTRAL RECOMMENDATION: Enter the name and e-mail address of an instructor, counselor, advisor, supervisor or other similarly qualified individual who will submit a recommendation on your behalf. NOTE: As the applicant, it is your responsibility to inform that person to watch for an email sent on your behalf that will explain how to complete this process.
  16. SCHOLARSHIP CENTRAL SECOND RECOMMENDATION: Enter the name and e-mail address of an instructor, counselor, advisor, supervisor or other similarly qualified individual who will submit a letter of recommendation on your behalf. NOTE: As the applicant, it is your responsibility to inform that person to watch for an email sent on your behalf that will explain how to complete this process.
  17. SIGNATURE: By entering my full name below, I certify that the information I have provided is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge and I authorize the St. Louis Community Foundation and its agents to examine, verify and discuss my academic records and other information that applies to the consideration of this application. My signature also signifies that, if awarded, I understand that it is my responsibility to inform the St. Louis Community Foundation of any changes to my college plans and that I understand that some portion of scholarship awards I receive from any source may be considered taxable income if the total amount exceeds the cost of tuition and course related fees, supplies and equipment.
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