Laveen Community Council Scholarships

Applications for the 2025-2026 Laveen Community Council Scholarship are now open!

The Laveen Community Council will award a minimum of three scholarships up to $2,000.

Qualifications:

1. Be a graduating senior who is a resident of or attends school in Laveen, Arizona*
2. Cumulative unweighted grade point average of 3.25 or above.
3. Demonstrate a history of community involvement.
4. Provide college acceptance letter to receive the scholarship. 
   (Vocational and trade school commitment letter is acceptable.)
   * Laveen is defined as the area:
   •    West of 27th Ave
   •    East of 91st Ave
   •    North of the South Mountain Park & Gila River Indian Reservation
   •    South of the Salt River

The Application Process:

1. Complete the application page. Due to school restrictions, please include the name, email and phone number on the signature line of the application of your school counselor to verify your application at your school.  
2. Use details in the community involvement section. It’s important to list evidence of regular involvement in charitable activities, volunteer service, school, church or community organizations.
3. Provide two letters of recommendation; one of which must be from a representative of where you volunteered for community service and one from a teacher or administrator from your high school. These can be submitted separately to the below address or via email to scholarship@laveen.org with student name and LCC Scholarship in the subject line. 
4. Submit an official sealed copy of your school or home school transcripts showing a minimum of 3.25 unweighted GPA. Please have them sent to the address below a week before 4/3/2026.

Submit a minimum 300-word typed essay by the deadline 4/3/2026.

Essay Prompt: The Impact of Your Community Service

Directions: After listing your volunteer experiences and supervisors, choose one activity that was most meaningful to you. Write a short essay explaining:

• What you did and why you chose to get involved.
• How your service made a difference for others or your community.

What you learned about yourself through the experience.
 

The Deadline:
Please submit all supporting material (items 1,3,4,5 of the application process) must be postmarked by April 3, 2026 to: Laveen Community Council, Scholarship Committee, PO Box 488, Laveen AZ 85339

Applications received after the extended deadline will not be considered.

The Judging:
Representatives from the community will review the applications in a “blind” process where no characteristics other than the submissions and essays are known to the readers. The evaluators use a point system to determine the scholarship winners. Winners will be notified by phone and invited to attend the Laveen Community Council Meeting at 6:15 PM on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, to read their essays and receive their scholarship awards.