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Business Letter

Benjamin Hall

Director, Hall Foundation Scholarship Grant

Dr. Hall,

My name is ____ and I am writing to request that I be consideration for the Hall Foundation Scholarship Grant in the amount of $7,000. I understand that the grant is awarded to community college students who demonstrate a high level of commitment to their selected discipline. I am a shining example of this type of student, and would make a wonderful representative of the Hall Foundation if I were to receive this scholarship grant.

I am currently enrolled in a respiratory therapist program. I am working hard to maintain a full course load as well as my commitments as a full-time mother to four wonderful children. My husband is currently stationed in Iraq, so I am taking care of an 11-year-old, twins who are developmentally challenged, and my oldest, who is also a college student. My projected graduation date is 2016.

Despite the challenges of maintaining full-time studies and all of my family duties, I am committed to my scholarship. I have worked hard my entire life, and I want nothing more than the opportunity to complete my education and start my new career. I have always placed a high value of education, and I feel that my returning to school after all these years is exactly the type of example I want to set for my children. I feel that as adults, we have the duty to show the next generation how important education is, so that can have opportunities we never had.