Scholarship Awards Offered By MS Association
Scholarship Awards Offered By MS Association
In a national essay competition known as PROJECT: Learn MS 2000, high school and college students may compete for thousands of dollars in college scholarship awards.
Sponsored by the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA), PROJECT: Learn MS 2000 is designed to educate students about MS â a crippling disease that affects young adults.
The essay competition, which awards a total of $8,000, is open to high school juniors and seniors and college freshmen and sophomores. Entries must be postmarked by June 2, 2000. Students may obtain an official registration form by accessing www.msaa.com, e-mailing projlearn@msaa.com or calling 800/LEARNMS.
Now in its seventh year, MSAAâs PROJECT: Learn MS encourages students to write a 500 to 1,000 word essay on how multiple sclerosis affects a person and his or her family on a daily basis. Each entry must be typed and double spaced, and can take the form of a traditional essay, personal narrative, an open letter, feature or fiction story.
MSAA is a national nonprofit agency providing patient care services to assist people with MS. MSAA services include information and referrals, support groups, therapeutic equipment, educational literature, no-cost MRIs and other vital patient programs.