Money for missions from CollegePlus!
If you’ve ever served on a missions trip or know someone who has, you understand how a missions trip can bring a truly life changing experience. When you think about it, a missions trip is one of the most unique ways God can use you as a catalyst to create an eternal impact in the life of a lost soul in a land faraway.
If you’re eager to share your faith and God’s love, the passion to take a missions trip probably comes naturally. But, the “worst” part of going on a missions trip isn’t the exotic food or the primitive dwelling—the “worst” part is raising the money to go on your missions trip.
This is where CollegePlus! would like to help…
Missions trip scholarships for CollegePlus! students
The CollegePlus! experience goes beyond academics, it’s also about receiving the tools and skills needed to fulfill God's purpose for your life, and part of the CollegePlus! experience is allowing you the flexibility to take time to go on a missions trip.
To make help make it easy for you to take a missions trip this year, we’re delighted to announce the launch of the CollegePlus! 2010 Missions Scholarship Contest.
If you want to serve on the missions field this summer, the CollegePlus! 2010 Missions Trip Scholarship Contest is the perfect opportunity to get most or all of the money you need to cover your expenses.
Check out a video presentation of the CollegePlus! Missions Scholarship Contest:
CollegePlus! 2010 Missions Trip Scholarship Contest details and information you need to know
- Who is eligible to win a missions trip scholarship: all currently enrolled CollegePlus! students
- How much the missions scholarships are worth: the grand prize missions scholarship is $1500. Two additional missions scholarships worth $500 each will also be awarded. In total, one CollegePlus! student will win the $1500 grand prize scholarship and two CollegePlus! students will each win a $500 scholarship.
- Where you can use your missions scholarship: you can use your missions scholarship to go on any missions trip you want. You get to decide how to use your missions scholarship money for the trip God is leading you to take. The main requirement is that the missions organization you go with is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit like YWAM, Gospel for Asia, Mercy Ships, Wycliffe, etc.
- How to use your missions scholarship: should you win one of the missions scholarships, your scholarship money will be paid directly to the registered 501(c)(3) missions organization of your choice. The money will be sent from CollegePlus! to the missions organization coordinating your missions trip. The money will be sent on your behalf, in your name, from CollegePlus!
- How the missions scholarship works if you win: if you are chosen as one of the three scholarship winners, you will be contacted by CollegePlus! staff. At that point, a CollegePlus! staff member will get all the needed information from you in order to send the missions organization the money on your behalf.
Missions trip scholarship contest essay submission information
To enter the CollegePlus! missions trip scholarship contest to win the $1500 scholarship or one of the $500 scholarships, all you have to do is submit a video or written essay. Simply follow the scholarship submission guidelines outlined on the proceeding points and you will be automatically entered to win one of the missions trip scholarships.
Scholarship contest guidelines for video essays:
Step 1
Film a 2-6 minute video essay on the following topic: "How Would You Use Your Missions Scholarship To Show God's Love and Positively Impact The World For Christ?”Step 2
Post your video essay to your personal blog or social networking site like YouTube or Facebook.Step 3
Send the links to where your video essay is posted to: david.cohen@collegeplus.orgClick here for instructions on how to upload your video to YouTube
Click here for instructions on how to upload your video to Facebook
Here’s a few ideas to make a winning video essay:
- Be sure to tag your video essay with descriptive key words like “CollegePlus!”, “missions”, “missions trip", “missions scholarship”. For more information on tagging, click here.
- To produce a visually appealing video, keep a few production basics in mind such as proper lighting, sound, and camera angles. To learn more video production tips, click here.
- Spread the word to all your family and friends through your social networks!
Scholarship contest guidelines for written essays:
Step 1
Write a 550-850 word essay on the following topic:"How Would You Use Your Missions Scholarship To Show God's Love and Positively Impact The World For Christ?”Step 2
Email your essay to: david.cohen@collegeplus.orgPlease write your essay in a Microsoft Word/Works document, double spaced, in 12 point Times New Roman font, with your name and email address typed in the top right-hand corner of the 1st page.
Important deadlines for missions scholarship contest
- Deadline to submit your video or written essay: your video or written essay must be submitted by 8:00 am CDT on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. Any essay submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.
- Deadline to use your missions trip scholarship: should your video or written essay win one of the missions scholarships, you must use your scholarship money by Friday, December 31, 2010. This means you have until December 31st to pick the missions trip of your choice in which you'd like to apply your scholarship.
- When the winners are announced: the three missions scholarship winners will be chosen and announced on Friday, July 2, 2010. The winners will be contacted by CollegePlus! staff with further instruction.
Don't let this missions scholarship opportunity pass you by
CollegePlus! is the only higher education distance learning program giving away missions trip scholarships to students, and this is just one small way we can give back to our students. If raising the money to go on a missions trip this year is a challenge, take this opportunity, you have nothing to lose. Let your creativity flow!
If you have any questions on how to use your missions scholarship, how the contest works, or you just need some clarification on the details, send an email to david.cohen@collegeplus.org
