Who We Are
Liverpool Dollars for Scholars in Liverpool, New York (USA), is the local affiliate chapter of Scholarship America. Volunteers who believe in the potential of our community's youth raise scholarship money for Liverpool High School graduates. The organization works with the approval and encouragement of the Liverpool Central School District. Scholarship recipients are selected by a local awards committee using the Scholarship America Guide to Chapter Awards. Applications are scored and awards are made on the basis of merit, extracurricular involvement, and awards & honors earned. It also may act as an umbrella for the administration of other scholarships when an agreement is reached between an existing scholarship and Dollars for Scholars. Students apply for scholarships online.
Our Affiliate Program
Scholarship America, formerly known as The Citizens' Scholarship Foundation of America, is a national scholarship program founded in 1958 by Dr. Irving A. Fradkin in Fall River, Massachusetts. Local chapter affiliates operate as legally constituted public scholarship foundations with specified chapter areas.
History of Liverpool Dollars for Scholars
Liverpool Dollars for Scholars was organized in 1985. That spring two Liverpool High School students competed for and won national Scholarship America awards totaling $1,000. In 1986 the local chapter presented its first scholarships to fifteen LHS graduates. Since then, we have demonstrated continued growth as more individuals, businesses and fraternal groups support scholarships. Today we give more than 175 scholarships annually.