Knights of Peter Claver Ladies Auxiliary
Tampa, #379
KPCLA EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS - 2023
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Peter Claver, Court #379 annually offers two academic scholarships to graduating seniors in the Tampa Bay area. Many thanks to all those schools, counselors, and parents who assist in getting the scholarship information circulated and into the hands of students. We receive many applications from very worthy students!
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* Click on the scholarship names below to download the applications.
2023 SFC WILBERT DAVIS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Application Form
KPCLA Court #379, Tampa, Florida is offering a scholarship in the amount of $1,000.00 to a graduating Hillsborough County high school senior who is a dependent of a past or presently affiliated military service person.
The SFC Wilbert Davis Memorial Scholarship is awarded in honor of Tampa native, Wilbert Davis, who was The City of Tampa’s first casualty of Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 3, 2003. He was posthumously awarded the Army Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
The criteria for this scholarship includes a 300 word essay, copy of the cumulative summary sheet, (verified and signed by the counselor), the completed application, a copy of the student’s military ID card, or proof of parent’s military service [DD214], a 2”x3” photograph to be used for publicity purposes, and the notarized and signed Application Release Form
2023 MOTHER HENRIETTE DELILLE SCHOLARSHIP Application Form
If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a one-time $500.00 scholarship award. A Court check will be made payable to the recipient once verification of being registered as a student in a full-time course of study at an accredited college, university, or a trade/vocational school program has been verified by the Scholarship Committee.
This award is named in honor of Mother Henriette Delille, American nun who founded the Roman Catholic order of the Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans, which was composed of free women of color. The order provided nursing care and a home for orphans, later establishing schools as well.
