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Graduating high school seniors have the opportunity to win $5,000 for college. There will be two awards given in the 2014 Vegetarian Resource Group Scholarship program.

The awards are given to high school seniors who have promote vegetarianism in their high schools and communities. Applications are being accepted by students graduating from high school in the spring of 2014. The deadline is February 20, 2014.

Students are asked to submit an essay and an application form or a typed document containing the following information:

Name:
Street address:
City, State, Zip:
Email address:
Phone number:
Date of birth:
Date of expected graduation from high school:
Grade average in high school:
College(s) applied/accepted to (if known):
Anticipated major in college:
Parents’ or Guardians’ names:
Parents’ or Guardians’ addresses:
City, State, Zip:
High school principal:
Name of one high school teacher:
Name of high school:
Address of high school:
City, State, Zip:
People in the vegetarian movement, if any, who know you (Please include contact information):
Extracurricular activities (please describe):
Favorite subjects in school:

The essay should address the following:

1. How you promoted vegetarianism in your high school and/or community
2. Your successes
3. Your challenges
4. What you learned/what you would do different
5. How you expect to promote vegetarianism in college and beyond
6. Your future goals
7. Your strengths
8. Your weaknesses
9. Your “perfect” life in five years
10. Why you should receive this scholarship
11. How you became vegetarian and why you are vegetarian
12. How you define vegetarian
13. Why vegetarianism is important to you
14. What else is important to you
15. What vegetarian foods you would recommend to a non-vegetarian
16. What restaurants you would recommend to a non-vegetarian

Judging criteria, according to the Vegetarian Resource Group website, will be based on the following criteria.

Applicants will be judged on having shown compassion, courage, and a strong commitment to promoting a peaceful world through a vegetarian diet/lifestyle.

All applicants are asked to attach the following documents to their application and essay:

• A copy of your transcripts or report cards for the past two years. (An official copy is not necessary. Photocopies of your report cards will suffice.)
• Three or more recommendations (including at least one teacher).
• Any documentation related to your promotion of vegetarianism in high school and/or community including photographs, newspaper stories, etc.

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