An active and
honorary PDCA member in good standing must nominate
candidates for an award from the Bill Lunsford PDCA
Scholarship Fund. Such nominations must be made in
writing, addressed to the Board of Trustees of the
Bill Lunsford - PDCA Scholarship Fund, to Arizona
Council, Painting and Decorating Contractors of
America, 4391 E Marshall Ct, Gilbert, Arizona 85297
or faxed to (480) 988-6511.
The nomination must set forth the name, address, age
and telephone number of the candidate, the level of
schooling to which the award will be applied (i.e.
trade school, community college, college, graduate
school) and the name of the school or institution,
if known, where he or she has been accepted or
enrolled. The communication must also contain a
statement of the general qualifications of the
applicant. The nominating party should emphasize any
facts that he or she feels might enlighten and
inform the Trustees relative to the individual
nominated.
To be eligible for
a scholarship award, candidates:
Must be
nominated by an active or honorary Arizona
Council PDCA member in good standing.
Must at the
time of application be at least in the senior
year of high school.
Must be no
more than 24 years of age.
Must pledge to
use any scholarship award granted toward trade
school, community college, college or
post-graduate studies.
Are not
required to be a member of the PDCA, related to
a PDCA member or employee of a PDCA member, or
to have any other connection with the PDCA.
Subject to the
above requirements, any individual shall be eligible
for a scholarship award.
All required
application materials (nomination letter, completed application,
100-word essay, and additional letters of recommendation) must
be submitted in one complete packet and forwarded to
the Trustees at the address in #1 above between
September 1st and December
31st in order
to be eligible
for consideration by the Trustees. Packets, which are
postmarked after the established date, will
automatically disqualified. No exceptions.
The Trustees will
make annual awards based upon character, financial
need, and upon full or part-time attendance in an
accredited trade school, community college, college,
university or post-graduate institution.
The Trustees reserve
the right to investigate and verify any information
or data submitted by
candidate.
The Trustees
shall, in their absolute discretion, select the
recipients of these awards (to be known as the Bill
Lunsford PDCA Scholarship Award) as well as
determine the number of eligible recipients each
year. In no case shall a recipient be eligible
to receive and award for more than two years.
Announcement of
the awards shall be communicated and publicized on
or before the ending of one-hundred-twenty days
after announced cutoff date for applications.
The Trustees reserve the right to make the award in
the form of a check payable to the institution
attended by the successful candidate. All awards will be
accompanied by such other
means of recognition of the successful candidates
status as may be prescribed by the Trustees.
