Fort Community Credit Union (FCCU) has announced that it will be awarding $10,000 in scholarship money for the 2023-2024 school year.

According to a recent news release, representatives from the nonprofit institution, with locations in Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Watertown, and Whitewater, noted that the scholarships are a reflection of the organization’s mission statement, which they further stated as: “To help our members be in a better financial position than when we met them.”

The organization, as stated in the release, will award $2,000 to five high school seniors, each of whom are planing to attend a four-year university or two-year technical or trade school this fall.

Eligible students must meet the following criteria:

•  Serve as the primary owner of an active savings or checking account for at least three months with FCCU. FCCU staff, directors and scholarship committee members and their immediate family members are not eligible.

• Attend high school within Jefferson, Walworth, Rock, Dodge, Dane or Waukesha counties. Students participating in a home-based educational program, privately operated correspondence or virtual school must reside in the aforementioned qualifying counties. Applicants participating in these programs also must provide proof of enrollment with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for the 2023-2024 school year, ACT or SAT scores, if available, and any records relating to curriculum and academic progress.

• Graduate at the end of the 2023-2024 school year.

Applications must be submitted online by March 1, along with the student’s high school transcript through the first semester of the student’s senior year, and a letter of recommendation from a non-related teacher, coach, school administrator, community member or employer.

Applications are available on the FCCU website through the following link: https://www.fortcommunity.com/about/community/fccu-scholarship.