The Mouse Hole Scholarship Program
sponsored by Blind Mice Mart
Welcome to a dream come true! The Mouse Hole Scholarship Program began as a dream in 2000. It became a reality in 2004 with the first scholarships being awarded to students.
The program is funded by purchases at Blind Mice Mart, private donations, and auctions held at the Blind Mice Auction Barn!
The number of awards and the amount of each scholarship varies each year. Our goal is to offer more and larger scholarships every successive year!
This depends upon the income generated by these sources. Every time a purchase is made at Blind Mice Mart the proceeds from the purchase increase the scholarship fund!
Blind Mice Mart, through purchases by customers, donations from friends and income from The Auction Barn, has offered over $13,000.00 in scholarships to students.
The goal for the program as stated by the founder of Blind Mice Mart and the Mouse Hole Scholarship Program, Dale Campbell, is to be able to provide a scholarship to every student that applies!
Blind Mice Inc has awarded over $13,000.00 in scholarships over the last 6 years!
This is only possible
by the continued support by our faithful customers!
Each year The Mouse Hole Scholarships have gotten a little larger!
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2004 $900.00
- 2005 $1,150.00
- 2006 $1,500.00
- 2007 $2,250.00
- 2008 $3,000.00
- 2009 $4,250.00
The scholarships are open to visually impaired students and also to sighted students with visually impaired parents.
Let’s all work together to make life better for everyone!
The Mouse Hole Scholarship Program is now closed.
The Mouse Hole Scholarships opens on March 2nd and closes on May30th every year!
The topic for the essay will be posted on opening day each year!
Students may request applications for the Mouse Hole Scholarship Program during the open period.
Please read the eligibility rules below.
If you still have questions, please e-mail us with them!
Read the eligibility rules for the Mouse Hole Scholarship Essay Contest
Mouse Hole Scholarship Essay Contest Rules
Eligibility Rules:
- Applicants or their parent or parents corrected vision must be 20/200 or worse in both eyes, i.e. legally visually impaired, to apply for this scholarship.
- They must be a high school graduate or equivalent and be graduating by the summer of the current year and not have been previously enrolled solely in any college. If receiving a GED, it must be earned by the summer of 2009.
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The length of the essay will be at least 3 pages and not exceed 15 pages double spaced.
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Essays may be submitted for consideration in these ways:
A. Electronically sent as attachments by e-mail
B. Saved on a CD or 3.5 inch floppy and mailed
Submissions sent as an attachment by e-mail or those saved on Cd or 3.5 inch floppy must be in MS Word or text format.
Entries received in any other formats except the above mentioned will not be considered.
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The Information Cover Sheet and a letter of recommendation must accompany each essay.
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The letter of recommendation must be written by the student’s school counselor, an administrator , or by one of the student’s teachers.
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All Submissions will become the property of Blind Mice Mart and Mouse Hole Scholarships Inc.
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Mouse hole Scholarships Inc will not return Cd’s or 3.5 inch floppy diskettes.
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All decisions made by the judges and Blind Mice Inc. are final.
9. Essays will be accepted until the closing date, May 30th, of each year.
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Recipients of awards will be notified on or before June 30 ofthe current year.
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. The names of award recipients and their essays may be posted on Blind Mice Mart’s web site.
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Applicants must be attending a college or university degree program in the United States beginning in either the immediate Fall or the Spring of the next year.
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Scholarships will be paid, in the name of the winning students, to the general scholarship fund of the college or university the winning applicants will be attending.
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Proof of visual impairment may be requested before awards are presented.
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These scholarships are limited to individuals pursuing a post-secondary college or university degree program in the United States.
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Individuals may submit only one
application for an award period
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Judges, officers, Board Members, and employees of Blind Mice inc. as well as their families are not eligible for the scholarship awards.
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These rules may be amended or changed at anytime by Blind Mice Inc. . without notice.
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