Scholarships

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Fox Communities Credit Union Scholarship

The application submission period has ended for the 2025 scholarship. Thank you to everyone who submitted an application.

Congratulations to the following recipients of the 2025 Fox Scholarship

  • Daffne Gutiérrez from Notre Dame Academy
  • Bryce Bougie from DePere High School
  • Cassandra Cruz from Hortonville High School
  • Anna Blair from Appleton West High School
  • Andres Sanchez from Fox Valley Lutheran High School

The Greater Fox Cities Chapter of Credit Unions Scholarship

The Greater Fox Cities Chapter of Credit Unions will award a $1000 scholarship to three graduating high school seniors who are active members of participating credit unions.

This year's essay prompt is, "Discuss a time when you faced a financial challenge. How did you address this challenge, and what lessons did you learn that could help you manage your personal financial decisions as you journey to college?

Community Involvement Question: Credit unions are built on the principle of people helping people. How do you embody this principle in your community? How do these experiences align with credit union values and what impact have they had on you? Please provide specific examples of your involvement in community service, leadership experiences, or initiatives you have taken to support your peers and neighbors.

Scholarship Application

All entries must be received by mail (postmarked by March 31, 2025), email, fax or dropped off in-person by March 31, 2025, and must follow all contest rules. The following documents must be submitted as part of this application:

  1. Completed Entry Form
  2. Typed Essay
  3. One or Two Typed Community Involvement Paragraphs

The essay and paragraph(s) on community involvement must be an original work of the applicant and should reflect subjects within the general scope of the essay questions. The essay and paragraph(s) must be typed. The essay cannot be less than 350 words or more than 500 words in length.

Eligibility Requirements

Applicant must be a graduating high school senior, attending a two- or four-year accredited educational institution in the fall of 2025, and an active member of one of the following credit unions:

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  • Badger Globe
  • Capital
  • Community First
  • CoVantage
  • Evergreen
  • Fox Communities
  • Oshkosh Communities
  • PCM
  • Prospera
  • Ripple
  • Simplicity
  • Unison
  • Verve
  • Winnebago Community

The applicant must hold an account, in their name, at one of the above credit unions by January 31, 2025.

Members of the Scholarship Award Committee and their families are not eligible.

Entries must be received or postmarked by the required deadline (postmarked by March 31, 2025), email, fax or dropped off in-person by March 31, 2025. Entries received or postmarked after the required deadline will not be eligible for consideration.

Winners will be notified by April 11, 2025, and scholarships will be presented during the Greater Fox Cities Chapter of Credit Unions chapter meeting on April 21, 2025.

Please send completed entry form and attachments by March 31, 2025, to:
CAPITAL CREDIT UNION
ATTN: Jessica Smith
125 E North Ave
Little Chute, WI 54140
Fax: (920) 788-7303

OR

Attn: Jessica Smith
Email: [email protected]
(920) 494-4541 Ext. 3244
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Fox Communities Credit Union (Fox) will award five scholarships, $1,000 each to high school seniors who are members of Fox. Fox must receive completed application and essay no later than Friday, March 7, 2025. Applications must be submitted online; paper applications will not be accepted. Fox is not responsible for lost or misdirected scholarship applications. All submitted applications will be reviewed for compliance with application requirements. The essay will be judged on creativity, originality, and content by the Scholarship Selection Committee. Odds of being awarded depend on the number of entries received. Award recipients will be notified by email. Prize will be awarded by not later than Friday, April 11, 2025. Fox team members, directors, committee members, and their immediate families are not eligible for a Fox scholarship.