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Scholarships for military children

Eric Quantock, Fairchild Commissary store director, gives a certificate to Audrey Cosgrove, student, during a ceremony June 29, 2016, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Every year the Defense Commissary Agency gives out Scholarships for Military Children under the age of 23; Cosgrove was one of five local military children to win the $2,000 scholarship. She is a high school senior planning to attend college in the fall. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Shelton)

Scholarships for military children

Eric Quantock, Fairchild Commissary store director, gives a certificate to Everett Plotner, student, during a ceremony June 29, 2016, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. Plotner was one of five military children to win a $2,000 scholarship given out by the Defense Commissary Agency. He is a high school senior planning to attend college in the fall. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Taylor Shelton)

Scholarships given to military children

Published July 1, 2016
By Airman 1st Class Taylor Shelton
92nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. --
Every year the Defense Commissary Agency gives out scholarships for military children under the age of 23. This year five were awarded with the scholarships. Two of them were recognized during a ceremony on June 29, here.

The Scholarships for Military Children Program was created to recognize the contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force and to celebrate the role of the commissary in the military family community.

“This past year there were over 4,500 applications. Out of that, our store had about 45 applications and we had five winners,” said Eric Quantock, Fairchild Commissary store director.

To apply for the scholarship, applicants must be unmarries, under the age of 23 and a dependent of an active duty, Reserve, Guard or retired military member. They must be enrolled, or planning to enroll, in a full-time undergraduate degree program at an accredited U.S. college or university in the fall.

Of the five local winners, Everett Plotner and Audrey Cosgrove attended a short ceremony to be recognized as the scholarship recipients. They are both high school seniors planning to attend college full-time in the Fall. Taylor Fritz, Haley Hogberg and Charles Mitchell were not in attendance but also received the scholarships.

For more information on the Scholarships for Military Children Program visit: http://www.militaryscholar.org/sfmc/faq.html.