New Jersey Bankers Education Foundation, Inc.
The New Jersey Bankers Education Foundation was established in 2005
to honor fallen or permanently disabled military members in the
post-9/11 Afghanistan
and Iraq conflicts by providing
scholarships to their eligible dependents. Either the dependent or the
service member must have a connection to New Jersey. The Foundation is
completely funded by New
Jersey banks and governed by industry trustees.
In general, scholarships cover all or a portion of tuition and
books/supplies not covered by an academic scholarship and Veteran
Administration benefits.
To date, the Foundation’s Trustees have awarded
several scholarships to a spouse of an Army National Guard Specialist
who lost his life in Iraq in 2004. With help of
the Foundation, she recently graduated and plans to work with children
experiencing emotional and behavioral challenges, including those who
have a parent deployed with the New Jersey National Guard. We hope to be
able to provide similar assistance to their young child when he nears
college age.
More recently, the Foundation provided a scholarship
to a Long Branch, New Jersey, spouse of an Army Corporal who was
killed in Iraq earlier in 2009 when his
vehicle was struck by an explosive devise. This 23-year-old recipient
attends Monmouth University and hopes to work with
elementary or middle school children. Read
their stories .
The Foundation seeks member bank financial support so
that we can be assured of having sufficient resources to meet the needs
of the many children left behind as they approach college-age years.
While there is no suggested contribution, we ask that member banks be as
generous as possible, as there is no better way to honor the service of
these fallen heroes than to help those they left behind. Checks
should be made payable to the New Jersey Bankers Education Foundation
and mailed to the NJBankers office at 411 North Avenue East, Cranford, NJ
07016. The
foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization and contributions are tax
deductible.
If you are interested in applying for a scholarship,
please click
here for the application or contact James Meredith at
908-272-8500, ext. 614, or jmeredith@njbankers.com, for
additional information.
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