{"id":30834,"date":"2026-02-16T16:14:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=30834"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:15:15","slug":"illinois-federation-of-womens-club-scholarship-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/30834-illinois-federation-of-womens-club-scholarship-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Federation of Women&#8217;s Club Scholarship Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>The GFWC Illinois Federation of Women\u2019s Club has several different scholarships available on the state and district levels that are focused on a large variety of interests for students, including\u00a0Vocational, Art, Education, Environment, Civic, Engagement, Drama, Music and Health.\u00a0\u00a0Nine $1500 state scholarships are available to current high school graduates, as well as adults who are planning to attend a college\/university or training school in Illinois for the Fall 2026 semester.\u00a0\u00a0All ages of potential students must be an Illinois resident.\u00a0\u00a0The deadline for GFWC Illinois\u00a0Scholarships is Monday, March 15, 2026.\u00a0\u00a0Recipients of the state scholarships will be notified by April 15<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0Further information on the state scholarships and applications can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gfwcillinois.org\/gfwc-il-scholarship-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/gfwcillinois.org\/gfwc-il-scholarship-information\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1771346085186000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0DIL-AH0E-S3JixDgppo35\">https:\/\/gfwcillinois.org\/<wbr \/>gfwc-il-scholarship-<wbr \/>information\/<\/a><u>.<\/u><\/p>\n<p>The GFWC Illinois 23<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0District Scholarship is limited to graduating high school seniors.\u00a0 The district deadline is Monday, March 1, 2026.\u00a0 Recipients will be notified by June 15<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0Applicants must attend an Illinois college\/university\/community college\/training school for the Fall 2026 semester.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Scholarships will be judged on students\u2019 goals, financial needs and background. Contact the local club by calling the numbers provided below.<\/p>\n<p>To obtain guidelines and applications for any of these scholarships, high school seniors\u00a0\u00a0should contact a high school guidance counselor.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Scholarship applications for all ages of students are also available by contacting the local woman\u2019s club, GFWC Illinois Effingham Women of Today, Pat Copple Scholarship Chair, 217.821.8926 or Vice President Becky Brown, 217.821.6780.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GFWC Illinois Federation of Women\u2019s Club has several different scholarships available on the state and district levels that are focused on a large variety of interests for students, including\u00a0Vocational, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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