After a trial launch last year, the Local Scholarship Hub from Career Cruising Quad Cities (CCQC) has returned for high school students planning to pursue further education at a trade/technical school, college, or university. The Local Scholarship Hub is available at www.CareerCruisingQuadCities.org with updated information for 2018 scholarship opportunities including a direct link to thirty-eight Moline Foundation scholarships.
“The Moline Foundation and its donors understand the importance of a post-secondary education. We also know that continuing education can be expensive,” said Joy Boruff, President and CEO of The Moline Foundation. “To assist with education, The Moline Foundation awards over $50,000 annually to area students through our scholarships.”
The deadline to apply for The Moline Foundation scholarships is Friday, March 16, 2018.
The CCQC Local Scholarship Hub also links directly to dozens of other scholarship opportunities available to students throughout the Quad Cities region. Many of the scholarships are currently accepting applications. Additional scholarship information and deadlines will be updated on the Hub as they become available. For school-specific scholarships, the Hub also has direct links to webpages at seventeen area high schools with hundreds of scholarship opportunities.
“Career Cruising Quad Cities started as a pilot program at Rock Island High School with funding from The Moline Foundation,” said Boruff. “It was such a success that we expanded to 24 middle and high schools in 11 Illinois school districts and Black Hawk College two years later.”
Boruff also noted that CCQC currently serves over 50 schools in Rock Island County, Illinois and Scott County, Iowa.
“Pleasant Valley schools joined in 2013 and soon after Davenport Community Schools, Bettendorf, Assumption, and North Scott Schools enrolled giving over 36,000 students access to career exploration throughout the Quad Cities region,” said Boruff,
The Career Cruising Quad Cities program incorporates information from local employers and professionals to help students learn about companies and careers in their own community.
“Employers can provide a Company Profile and volunteers can serve as on-line Career Coaches to answer students’ questions about their career or industry,” said Kirk Marske, Director for Career Cruising Quad Cities.
Employers and volunteers can also offer Work-based Learning Activities such as job shadows and company tours. Educators can access CCQC’s “on-line speakers’ bureau” – a database of guest speakers for the classroom and representatives for informational career fairs.
In addition to the Local Scholarship Hub, students using CCQC can also log into www.CareerCruising.com to access a comprehensive database of national scholarship opportunities. Career Cruising software even has a tool to help identify high-probability scholarships for students based on their personal criteria. Students may also access detailed information about the entire financial aid process in Career Cruising.
Career Cruising Quad Cities has been helping students explore their career interests with comprehensive on-line resources and connections to local employers and professionals since 2007. Administered by Junior Achievement of the Heartland in partnership with The Moline Foundation, Career Cruising Quad Cities continues to help sixth through twelfth grade students throughout the region.
The Moline Foundation, founded in 1953, is a community foundation which provides grants to health, human services, education, community development, the arts and other charitable organizations which benefit the citizens of Moline and the surrounding area. The Moline Foundation receives and administers charitable gifts for all citizens in a seven-county region including Rock Island, Henry, Mercer, Warren, Henderson and McDonough in Illinois and Scott County in Iowa.
Learn more about Career Cruising Quad Cities, register to volunteer, and access the Local Scholarship Hub at www.CareerCruisingQuadCities.org. For more information about the work of The Moline Foundation and their scholarships, go to www.molinefoundation.org.
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