Scholarships

Yesteryear Car Club

The Yesteryear Car Club is offering a scholarship to any Mason County high school senior graduating in 2024 who plans to pursue a vocational/technical school education in automotive trades.

May 1 is the deadline to apply. Selection will not be based on grade point average. Applicants are required to write a statement about themselves, their choice of vocation or trade, activities in school and the community, volunteer work, hobbies, work experience and plans. They must also include two letters of recommendations, and the transcript verifying they are graduating. One letter must be from a teacher, the other from a person of choice. For more information and application submission, contact Lori Shipman at 360-463-3543 or [email protected].

Hood Canal Lions Club

The Hood Canal Lions Club is offering two $1,000 scholarships to Shelton High School seniors, with a preference for students who attended Hood Canal Schools.

The scholarships can be used for enrollment at any accredited college, university or vocational-technical school, in or out of state. The recipient must enroll in the institution during the school year following graduation and be enrolled full time.

The scholarship money will be paid to the educational institution registrar upon proof of registration. Application forms are available on the Hood Canal Lions Facebook website, Peace Love Union website and at the Shelton High School counseling center.

Completed forms can be sent to [email protected], or turned into the Shelton High School counseling center by May 1. Information: Rayni or Sue at [email protected].

Mason General Hospital Foundation Centennial Guild

May 1 is the deadline to apply for a scholarship from the Mason General Hospital Foundation Centennial Guild.

The scholarship is open to any Mason County resident seeking an education in the medical field. For more information, contact Kim McElliott at [email protected].

Pioneer Community Kiwanis Club

The Pioneer Community Kiwanis Club is offering scholarships for 2024 graduates with a diploma or GED who live in the Pioneer School District, attended Pioneer schools and are going to college, technical training or trade school.

The scholarships will be at least $1,000. Applications must be postmarked by Monday. Applications are available in the counseling offices at Shelton, Cedar, CHOICE and North Mason high schools. For more information, contact Lee Strohm at [email protected] or mail 101 E. Ritz Drive, Shelton, WA 99854 or call 206-755-3652.

The Harstine Island Theatre Club

The Harstine Island Theatre Club is offering a $500 scholarship.

Allocations and guidelines are available at CHOICE, Cedar, Shelton, Mary M. Knight and North Mason high schools, and at Olympic College Shelton.

Aug. 1 is the deadline to apply, and the winner will be announced by Aug. 15. Completed applications can be mailed to HI Theatre Club, Dee Anne Meacham, P.O. Box 1054, Shelton, WA 98584. For more information, call Meacham at 360-481-5038.

Harstine Island Women’s Club

The Harstine Island Women’s Club, through its Charles and Judy Chase Scholarship Fund, is offering scholarships to full-time residents of Harstine Island entering or continuing a post-high school education, including adult continuing education or technical training.

Applicants must have obtained a diploma from an accredited high school program or earned a GED. Applications will be accepted through May 15, and the winners will be announced by May 31.

The number and amount of the scholarships will be determined at the time the scholarship recipients are selected.

Applications and scholarship details are available at Shelton, Cedar, CHOICE and North Mason high schools, Olympic College Shelton, South Puget Sound Community College and Gravity Learning Center in Shelton.

Applications are also available at http://www.harstinecc.org/hiwc-scholarship or by contacting the Harstine Island Women’s Club Scholarship Committee at HIWC Scholarships, P.O. Box 62, Shelton, WA 98584

Shelton Kiwanis Foundation

The Shelton Kiwanis Foundation will award scholarships to graduating seniors from Shelton, CHOICE and Cedar high schools, Shelton area home school students and/or the Running Start program.

Scholarships are available in education, general academics, science, nursing, and career and technical education.

Monday is the deadline to apply. Application forms and details are available at the Shelton Kiwanis Club website at sheltonkiwanis.weebly.com and at the Shelton High School’s Career Center scholarship website at http://www.shs.sheltonschools.org.

For more information, email [email protected].