Rules
and Requirements
I. Eligibility requirements for applicants.
a. Application submitted to a
b. Good character.
c. Participation in extra-curricular activities (school and community) demonstrating
leadership abilities.
d. Financial need.
e. All active (voting) members of the Thomasville Jaycees and their families are
ineligible.
II. Data to be submitted.
a. Application
b. Transcript (including first semester senior grades).
c. SAT score or ACT composite score.
d. Two letters of recommendation, one of which must be from a teacher. The second
letter should deal specifically with special interest and activities outside of
school. Additional letters may be submitted.
e. Letters from applicant stating
his/her plans, career goal, and reasons for wanting this scholarship.
Note: Format for applicant’s letter and letters of recommendation:
Thomasville Jaycees Scholarship Committee
Thomasville Jaycees
III. Information on the scholarship recipient’s
obligations.
a. Recipient can receive another scholarship for the time covered by this scholarship;
however, should a full scholarship be received, the recipient must notify the Thomasville
Jaycees Scholarship Committee and relinquish this scholarship.
b. In the event the recipient decides to attend a college or university outside
c. If the recipient withdraws from school during the freshman year, the recipient
must notify the Thomasville Jaycees Scholarship Committee of the decision, and any
monies remaining in his/her scholarship fund will be forfeited.
d. In the event the initial recipient withdraws during the first semester, the runner-up
or first alternate will become the recipient and will receive the remaining portions
of the scholarship.
e. All payments of scholarship funds shall be paid directly to the college or university
as needed, by proof of monies due by the institution or by reimbursements of previous
payments through proof of said payments.
Contact Max Rodden (Project Chairman) 476-1001 (home) 249-9961 (work) for
additional information.