Military Spouses Scholarship

Operation Homefront and the Saban Family Foundation announce the 2011 Saban Military Wife Educational Scholarship. The scholarship is offered to wives of uniformed service members to attend vocational training programs in the medical field. Applications will be accepted March 1 – May 1, 2011. The scholarships will be awarded to recipients on July 1, 2011. The application is available on the Operation Homefront website.

Upromise really does work!

I think I have mentioned UPromise a half a dozen times now, but I just have to mention it again.  I just transferred a little over $200 into my sons 529 plan and it felt so good.  I accumulated all the money by registering my credit cards, grocery cards, and using their coupons.  I got some of my family to do the same so the savings are adding up faster than ever!  My dad has been doing it since June and it already added up to over $60!!  Upromise - Start Your Kid's College Savings Today - Join Now

6 Random scholarship opportunities

American Fire Sprinkler Association Scholarship - Potential recipients have to read the “Fire Sprinkler Essay” about automatic fire sprinklers and take a 10 question open-book test, for each question answered correctly, students can enter into a drawing for one of 10 $2,000 scholarships.

National Beef Ambassador Scholarship - Create a presentation about the importance of beef nutrition or production, answer presentation and interview questions from a panel of judges and $1,000 could be yours. Scholarship winners will join the National Beef Ambassador Team and could speak at designated engagements.  (Although this sounds like a lot of work for a thousand dollars)

Vegetarian Resource Group College Scholarship - grants two students that promote vegetarianism in their schools and communities $5,000 each. The scholarship requires an essay and documentation of public promotion of vegetarianism

Tall Clubs International Student Scholarships - allots up to $1,000 to students under the age of 21 to those who fulfill height requirements (5’10 for women, 6’2 for men). To apply for the scholarship, you must contact a TCI member for sponsorship.

Dr. Suess’s “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” Scholarship - Random House created a scholarship based on the prospects of new directions and adventures. To be eligible for the scholarship, high school seniors must submit an essay in the form of a letter to someone who “needs inspiration in his or her life” based on the themes of the book. The applicant with the best essay wins $10,000 toward the university of their choosing

Sammy Scholarship - If students demonstrate excellence in academics, athletic performance, leadership, community service and and like to sport a milk mustache; this is the scholarship for them. $7500

Savvy Source: sweet deals for families plus educational savings building

Savvy Source is a website I just found that I love.  They offer discounts on fun things for families in a bunch of major cities and help you save money towards education.  Kind of like groupon and Upromise combined.  The big difference is when you purchase one of their deals they put 5% of what you spend into a savings account for your child to use for preschool!  Such a unique and great idea.  Wish I had thought of it!  They also have a lot of great resources on their website as well.

savvysource.com

The other thing I really like about them is their incentive program for bloggers.  If you are a blogger and want to find out more about this click here. 

Coverdell - A Great way to save for College

     On my last money Monday I mentioned a good way to save for college that I stumbled across while learning to invest. It is called a Coverdell plan. This year you can max it out at $2000. After this year, unless the government keeps it at two thousand, it will drop back to $500 a year. What I like about this account is that you choose how it is invested. It isn't just another mutual fund or money market account. As long as you use the money made for college the earnings are tax free! I only set up one of these accounts because if my oldest doesn't use it I can transfer it on the next child without penalties.
   
Again, I found myself wondering what to pick to invest the money in. Since I am a little unsure of myself still I decided to only invest half of it on the stock I chose. That way if I was wrong I would not lose too much money! To decide which stock I looked through my watch list and started checking the numbers again. (Rule #1 Investing). Because I am unsure I went with what I thought would be a somewhat safe bet. As in put it in Warren Buffett's brk.b. I figure even if I am still uneasy with this whole process Warren Buffett knows what he is doing. (and the numbers were good). So, in this case it was Phil Town's advice on good management that helped me make the decision.

Scholarships for Military kids

The Scholarships for Military Children Program was created to recognize the contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force and to celebrate the role of the commissary in the military family community. For more information on the program and a scholarship application, go to: www.militaryscholar.org/index.shtml.

Save Money on College books

Everyone needs more ways to save money getting their kids through college.  Here are a few websites to help you save money on books.

http://www.halfpricetextbooks.us/


http://www.freebookexpress.com/

http://www.textbooksfree.org/

http://www.cheapesttextbooks.com/

http://www.booksprice.com/

http://www.coursesmart.com/