>From page # 6 of Philmont's "2003 Council & Unit Planning Guide", a
booklet sent to the leader of each 2003 Philmont Expedition:
"If you have young people who need financial to attend Philmont, contact
your local Scout service center about the availability of scholarship
money. Waite Phillips established a scholarship fund in the 1960's.
Income from this fund is divided between the four regions to be
allocated to councils participating in Philmont."
Recently, I've had the opportunity to do a little research on how the
process works as far as this scholarship assistance is concerned. I'm
going to use the 2004 Philmont summer season as a reference in the
remainder of this message.
In October, 2003, Philmont's Camping Registrar will send registration
numbers, by council, for the 2004 Philmont camping season to the four
BSA regions, along with the total amount of funding being allocated to
each region. This funding is commonly known as the "Waite Phillips
Scholarship Fund" and I believe it comes from the Waite and Genevieve
Phillips Foundation.
Each region will then allocate the funding to the councils with the
allocation usually based on 2004 Philmont registration numbers by
council.
What each council will need to do by January 31, 2004, is send in
information to the region listing the names, expedition numbers and
scholarhship amounts for the young people to whom scholarship money is
being allocated.
Next, each region sends this information to the Camping Registrar at
Philmont who then sends a revised "Financial Statement" and payment
transmittal document to the Contingent Leader of each applicable
expedition noting that the scholarship funding has been applied. This
allows the Contingent Leader to know that the scholarship funding has
been applied, and will allow the proper final payment to be sent in
order to arrive at Philmont by March 1, 2004.
So, what does all of this mean if you have a Philmont reservation for
2004? Well, it means that you need to check with your youth crew
members to see if any will need financial assistance. Then, you'll need
to determine to whom in your council the request for scholarship funding
needs to be directed. This may be the Council Camping Chairman or
another volunteer, or it may be a member of the professional staff.
In any case, you will need to identify this individual and make contact
sometime this year, probably by September or October, and make the
request for funding according to the process your council has
established.
If your council doesn't meet the January 31 deadline mentioned above,
the Financial Statement sent to the Contingent Leader by Philmont will
probably not contain the Scholarship credit. In this case, the council
should generate a "Certified Scholarship" document to the Contingent
Leader. Sending this document to Philmont, along with the final
payment, will prove to Philmont that the scholarship funding is in
process.
Now, how much funding are we talking about? It will depend on the
council's registration numbers for 2004. The higher the numbers, the
greater the allocation. For example, my council received $4,800 for the
2003 summer season and was able to obtain another $200 because some
other council in the Southern Region didn't use their entire funding
allocation. We are always in the top ten in sending individuals to
Philmont so we receive a significant amount of funding when compared to
many other councils.
How much funding will be available on a "per youth" basis? Well, that
is something your council will have to determine based upon the number
of scholarship requests. You should probably exhaust other scholarship
opportunities (if available locally) before making a request but you can
probably expect that a typical youth will receive $100-$200 or even more
if it is needed.
In any case, if you have youth crew members needing assistance with
their 2004 Philmont fees, check out this resource by contacting the
person in your council who administers the process.
YiS,
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