You may recall from a previous blog post, the Sacramento Association of Realtors "Young Professionals Council" raised about $4,400 for the SAR Scholarship Fund last year in June via a vendor fair event. Just as the "Young Professionals Council" did last year, this year we are also doing a vendor fair fundraiser for the SAR Scholarship Fund.
In 2009, SAR awarded approximately $44,000 in scholarships to deserving Sacramento area students. Well...the application period for SAR's 2010 scholarships is NOW!! Completed applications must be received by SAR by 5:00pm on March 31st, 2010.
The scholarships are available to qualifying high school seniors and college students who attend school in and are permanent residents of Sacramento County or the City of West Sacramento. SAR scholarships are awarded for academic achievement (minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5), community service, and extracurricular activities. You must also be related to a past or current Realtor or Affiliate member of the Sacramento Association of Realtors.
Awards in recent years have ranged from $750 to $3,000. Scholarship awards will be announced in May, and they will be presented in June at SAR's headquarters in Sacramento.
To download the SAR Scholarship Application, click here.
Sacramento Association of Realtors - Scholarship Applications Available NOW!
Fundraising for SAR's Scholarship Fund with the Young Professionals Council
Today, the Sacramento Association of Realtors "Young Professionals Council" put on a BBQ and Vendor Fair fundraising event to raise money for SAR's Scholarship Fund. We had 46 participating vendors, great food, ice cream, DJ music, and LOTS of donated raffle prizes. We weathered an unexpected summer rain, but a good time was had by all! While the final tallies are not in just yet, we estimate that we raised over $4,000 for the fund.
Right before our event today, SAR held a ceremony to present its annual scholarships to Sacramento-area graduating high school seniors. Today SAR gave over $44,000 in scholarships. Did you know that SAR's Scholarship program award dollars exceed that of the California Association of Realtors, and also that of the Nationals Association of Realtors? AMAZING.
This is YPC's second time doing the Vendor Fair fundraiser. Last year's event raised over $3,300, which was donated to the Mustard Seed School at Loaves & Fishes. We already set a date for next year's event, which will take place in early May 2010.

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