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Our Programs
Scholarships
There are two main "traditional" AFSCME scholarship programs, one through AFSCME International and one through
Oregon Council 75.
****The AFSCME Family Scholarship Program from the national union is open to children of AFSCME members. Traditionally,
10 scholarships of $2,000 each are awarded nationwide. These scholarships are renewable for $2,000 each year for a maximum
of four years, provided the student remains enrolled in a full-time degree program at an accredited institution.
Applicants must be a high school senior graduating in the spring who will be enrolling the following fall in a full-time,
four-year degree program at any accredited college or university and must be a daughter or son of an AFSCME member (or whose
legal guardian or finally responsible grandparent is an AFSCME member).
The application deadline is typically Dec. 31 of each year for the following year's scholarships. For more information
and/or to download scholarship applications forms, go to: www.afscme.org/about/greenrm.htm#scholarships
The above website also includes information on other, limited scholarships available for union members, such as training
at the Meany Institute.
*****The Donna Danner Memorial Scholarship Fund is named after one of Council 75's most beloved members. Donna Danner
was a union activist at Local 328 (Oregon Health & Science University) for many years before her premature passing from
complications from a brain tumor on Nov. 18, 2000.
Applicants for this scholarship fund must be active, laid-off, retired or disabled members of Council 75 in good standing,
or the spouses (including life partners and their children), natural children, stepchildren or grandchildren of active, laid-off,
retired, disabled or deceased members in good standing of Oregon AFSCME Council 75. The Council 75 member must have been
an active member of Oregon AFSCME for at least one year as of March 1 of the year in which the scholarship application is
filed, or have been a member for one-year preceding the date of lay-off, death, disability or retirement.
Applicants must be planning to enroll in full-time, undergraduate or graduate courses of study at eligible institutions.
Part-time enrollment (minimum of six credit hours) will be considered, but only for Council 75 active members, their spouses
(or life partners) or laid-off members.
The Council 75 scholarships are administered by the Oregon Student Assistance Commission. OSAC forms can be obtained at
Oregon high school guidance offices, or can be completed online at www.osac.state.or.us. That website also includes all of
the application rules and processes.
Final application materials must be received by the Commission no later than March 1 of each year — but applicants
are urged to begin the process soon after Jan. 1.
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