Award Name/Title: Stacey Levitt Scholarship
Amount: One award of $2500
Application Status: Closed
Application Due Date: February 28, 2015
Awards Details:
The Stacey Levitt Memorial Award
The Stacey Levitt Memorial Award was created in memory and celebration of Stacey’s life by her family through Parachute. This annual student award encourages Canadian youth to embody Stacey’s qualities and ideals and Parachute’s overarching goal of a long life lived to the fullest, while maintaining an approach that is rooted in risk management and injury prevention.
The Levitt family will award the selected recipient $2,500 in funding to help them live their life to the fullest. The award could be put towards an educational endeavour, engagement in sports, or investment in a travel experience – all pursuits that would have resonated with Stacey. Award recipients are expected to write a reflection on the impact of the funding on their life, due within one year of the distribution of funds.
The successful recipient will also receive a copy of Stacey’s book of poetry, I Am a Rose: A Life in Poetry published by her family in 1996 after her death.
Open to all students currently attending a Canadian secondary school; applicants must complete an application package including:
- A completed Application Form
- A letter of recommendation from an individual with first-hand knowledge of the applicant’s involvement in their school or community.
- A short essay (2 pages - font size 12) addressing the following questions:
• How do you demonstrate a long life lived to the fullest?
• How are you helping others to achieve this?
• How do you demonstrate Parachute’s brand values of nobility, courage, and inclusivity?
• If successful, how do you intend to use the funding provided by the Stacey Levitt Memorial Award?
The application package will be reviewed by the Parachute Youth Advisory Team, a group of youth dedicated to Parachute’s values and injury prevention. Parachute staff will interview the top five applicants, with recommendations forwarded to the Levitt family for final selection.
See more at: http://noregrets.parachutecanada.org/get-involved/the-stacey-levitt-memorial-award
No application form to be downloaded.