2026 CHAMBER SCHOLARSHIP

SEEKING SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORS! Help provide this opportunity to more area students by sponsoring the scholarship program! Contact the Chamber for more information. 

Scholarship Applications due April 17th at 5pm.

Purpose and Criteria:           

The Charlevoix Area Chamber of Commerce Scholarship is intended to provide financial support and assistance to a high school senior to cover expenses associated with advancing in their post-secondary pathway, such as tuition, training and credentials, or necessary on-the-job equipment.

Requirements:          

• Applicant must be a graduating high school senior who is planning to pursue career-oriented employment, an apprenticeship, skill credentials or certificates, vocational school, community college or university.
• Applicant must be accepted to an institution of higher learning, enrolled in a skilled credential or certificate program, or have a secured apprenticeship or job offer with an employer.
• Applicant must be either an employee of a business which is a member of the Charlevoix Area Chamber of Commerce or the child of an employee of a Chamber member business.
• Immediate family members of the Chamber’s Scholarship Committee are ineligible to apply for the Chamber Scholarship.

Applications must include:

• Application Form
• Most recent transcript
• Copy of acceptance or offer letter
• A minimum of one written reference letter from any Chamber Member
• A minimum of one written reference letter from any of your teachers
• A Personal Statement (maximum one (1) typed page) that includes each of the following topics:

1. Leadership: How have you demonstrated strong leadership during your high school years and been a role model for your peers?
2. Perseverance: Provide an example of a time in high school where you faced a challenge and explain how you approached the situation and the outcome.
3. Character: What adjective best describes your personal character and why?
4. Aspirations and Goals: Include your aspirations and goals, why you have chosen them, and how your education and talents could benefit the business environment of a community like Charlevoix.

Additional information:

• Number of scholarships given and award amounts are based in-part on applications received and scholarship funds raised; the Scholarship Committee intends on awarding one scholarship per category (i.e. apprenticeship, vocational program, college or university)
• All students are encouraged to apply regardless of academic merit or financial need status; all eligible students will be considered and award decisions are based on the entire application as a whole
• The Scholarship Committee reserves the right to meet with a candidate when it is felt it necessary or appropriate to complete the decision process
• Scholarships will be paid directly to the higher education institution, to the employer, or set up as an expense account at an applicable retailer based on pathway being pursued

Applications are due April 17th by 5pm. Applications and supporting material can be emailed to info@charlevoix.org or delivered to 109 Mason Street, Charlevoix MI 49720.

Recipients will be announced by April 30th.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2025 SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORS
Grey Gables Restaurant & Catering
John & Kerry Keyser
Laura Jasurda: MAKE Wellness
Beaver Island Boat Company
Erin O'Donnell Real Estate
North Prime Real Estate