{"id":3754,"date":"2020-10-05T17:11:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T00:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/?p=3754"},"modified":"2020-10-05T17:13:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T00:13:16","slug":"td-community-leadership-scholarships-70000-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/2020\/10\/05\/td-community-leadership-scholarships-70000-value\/","title":{"rendered":"TD Community Leadership Scholarships &#8211; $70,000 value!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The TD Scholarships for Community Leadership are offered to <strong>students who help support change, nurture progress and contribute to making the world a better place.<\/strong> Have you shown exceptional initiative in making a meaningful and lasting difference in your community? Then you may qualify for one of our Community Scholarships. It\u2019s not just about marks in the classroom, but rather the marks you have made on your community.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re interested in hearing from <strong>students who have demonstrated consistent and outstanding dedication to solving a community problem or making their community a better place.<\/strong> For example, you may be cleaning up the environment, promoting social justice, or fighting child poverty. Check out what some of the\u00a0<a class=\"td_rq_anchor-down {'targetedID':'Tab_3'}\">past scholarship recipients<\/a>\u00a0have done to improve their community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Write a 600-word essay (three copies) describing your community leadership experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why you got involved<\/li>\n<li>How your involvement shows initiative and innovation<\/li>\n<li>The ways your efforts have strengthened others<\/li>\n<li>How long you have been involved<\/li>\n<li>What you think the long-term impact will be<\/li>\n<li>How your community has affected you<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2. Tell us about the other great things you\u2019re doing. Include a brief description of the range of your other community activities with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A letter of recommendation from your school<\/li>\n<li>Two letters of support from community groups<\/li>\n<li>Your academic transcript<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3. If you\u2019re really trying to impress, you also have the option of including:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A 250-word essay (three copies) describing your family and personal life, for example your family\u2019s employment or economic situation<\/li>\n<li>A 250-word essay about your life experiences if you have taken a year or more away from high school or CEGEP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information and to apply:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.td.com\/ca\/en\/personal-banking\/solutions\/student-banking\/community-leadership-scholarship-for-canadians\/\">https:\/\/www.td.com\/ca\/en\/personal-banking\/solutions\/student-banking\/community-leadership-scholarship-for-canadians\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How to apply: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.td.com\/ca\/en\/personal-banking\/solutions\/student-advice\/how-to-apply-for-td-scholarships\/\">https:\/\/www.td.com\/ca\/en\/personal-banking\/solutions\/student-advice\/how-to-apply-for-td-scholarships\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Deadline: Friday, November 13<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The TD Scholarships for Community Leadership are offered to students who help support change, nurture progress and contribute to making the world a better place. Have you shown exceptional initiative in making a meaningful and lasting difference in your community? &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/2020\/10\/05\/td-community-leadership-scholarships-70000-value\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8542,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3754"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3754"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3757,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3754\/revisions\/3757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}