Scholarships Available!

McCoy-Porter Scholarship

Frontier Community Credit Union will award two $2000.00 scholarships in 2024. The scholarship is named the McCoy-Porter Scholarship, to honor the contributions that Lyle McCoy and Ray Porter have made to our credit union.

 

Joe M. Carrigan Memorial Scholarship

With the merger of River Cities Community Credit Union, we want to continue to honor Joe M. Carrigan through the Joe. M. Carrigan Memorial Scholarship. It will provide two $2,000.00 scholarships specifically for the Atchison area schools in 2024.

 

Application Deadline is April 30, 2024

 
 

Scholarship Requirements

  1. Applicant must be a graduating high school senior.

  2. Applicant must be the primary member of Frontier Community Credit Union (Having a primary savings account in their name).

    Employees, officers, directors, volunteers or immediate family members and household members of such individuals are not eligible. Immediate family members include, mother/father (or in-law), brother/sister (or in-law), son/daughter (or in-law), stepchild or stepparent, grandparent or grandchild.

  3. Applicant must complete application and provide all required documents. Please type or print clearly.

  4. The following documents must be attached to the application:

    A biographical statement to include:

    • Educational background

    • Extracurricular activities

    • Past accomplishments

    • Goals

    • Work experience

    Other information pertinent to this application, which must at least include:

    • Two (2) character reference letters. Acceptable letters can be from teachers, employers, coaches, civic or church group leaders, but not from family members.

    • Most up-to-date official transcript of courses completed. Transcript must include current cumulative GPA, and a weighted GPA. Convert GPA to a 4.0 scale, if necessary.

  5. Completed application, including all attachments, must be received by the deadline.

    • Applicants are notified of application status once a decision has been made.

    • Recipient is acknowledged through a variety of marketing efforts, such as social media and news posts to the website.

Application package should be sent to:

Frontier Community Credit Union
ATTN: Scholarship Committee
690 Eisenhower Rd.
Leavenworth, KS 66048

For additional information, please contact Natalie Toledo or Letha Higgins at 913.651.6575