Fort Bend, Texas:

The Fort Bend Junior Service League (FBJSL) is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for its annual Scholarship Awards. Every year FBJSL awards $6,000 in college scholarships.

Volunteer Scholarships of $1,000 will be awarded to up to six female high school seniors from Fort Bend County who have demonstrated exceptional volunteerism and community service and plan to attend an accredited college or university.

A $2,000 New Beginnings Scholarship is available to help a Fort Bend County woman with financial needs who has been accepted to an accredited college, university, or vocational school after taking a break from education.

For more information and copies of the applications, please visit the FBJSL website at www.fbjsl.org. The applications will be accepted until February 1, 2024.

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The Fort Bend Junior Service League (FBJSL) is an organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women, and to improving the Fort Bend County community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Our purpose is exclusively educational and charitable as well as providing an atmosphere of friendliness, goodwill and camaraderie for all members.

Proceeds from various events and fundraisers have made it possible for FBJSL to donate more than $5.75 million to non-profit agencies in the Fort Bend community since its inception in 2001.

Contact us at http://www.fbjsl.org or publicrelations@fbjsl.com.

Photo: (Left to Right) Hadley Boudreaux, Anvi Garyali, Emilie Wakeman, Ria Talwar, Katherine Bourgeois were recipients of the 2022-2023 Volunteer Scholarships awarded by the Fort Bend Junior Service League. (Not pictured Alifiya Saleem)