{"id":140038,"date":"2025-06-18T13:36:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qgotv.org\/staging\/?page_id=140038"},"modified":"2026-03-24T06:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:38:50","slug":"scholarships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qgotv.org\/staging\/scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The Quilting Guild of The Villages (QGOTV) offers an annual award of up to $2,000.00 to encourage and reward continuing education students who:<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>excel in the field of sewing<\/li>\n<li>show commitment to the volunteer sector<\/li>\n<li>advance future generations in continued sewing awareness<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Criteria for Application:<\/strong><br \/>\nHigh school graduating seniors who live in Sumter, Marion, or Lake Counties, in\u00a0 Florida, who have demonstrated evidence of ALL of the following are eligible to apply:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Accomplishments in extracurricular sewing (Does not include knitting and crochet)<\/li>\n<li>Leadership Skills<\/li>\n<li>Community service activities<\/li>\n<li>Commitment to continuing education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The QGOTV Scholarship Application is available beginning in October for the following year&#8217;s graduating seniors.\u00a0 \u00a0The application deadline is March 31st each year.<\/p>\n<h4>Application Requirements:<\/h4>\n<p>The application deadline is March 31st each year.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>One page essay as described in the Application for Scholarship Award<\/li>\n<li>Supporting documents\/photo\u2019s relating to your sewing achievements<\/li>\n<li>Two letters of reference from non-family members who\u00a0 have known you for at least two years.<br \/>\nMust include name &amp; contact numbers for references.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>All applications and supporting information become the property of The Quilting Guild of The Villages<\/p>\n<p><strong>Submission Information:<\/strong><br \/>\nIt is the applicant\u2019s responsibility, not the guidance counselors, to mail the application in a timely manner (allow 5-10 business days) to arrive by the deadline date of March 31st each year.\u00a0 Starting in October 2025 for the 2026 graduating seniors, the scholarship application process will also be available for completion and submission online.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/15M-mR57SDtxNb7Q0z1edv5hRyTF1h_7O\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Annual Scholarship Award\u00a0Recipients &#8211; for 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1eWjphi0g_khITqVhLcRnn6OgHyT3AeOp\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Annual Scholarship Award Recipients &#8211; for 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Quilting Guild of The Villages (QGOTV) offers an annual award of up to $2,000.00 to encourage and reward continuing education students who: excel in the field of sewing show commitment to the volunteer sector advance future generations in continued sewing awareness &nbsp; Criteria for Application: High school graduating seniors who live in Sumter, Marion, &#8230; <a title=\"Scholarships\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/qgotv.org\/staging\/scholarships\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Scholarships\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-140038","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qgotv.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qgotv.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qgotv.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qgotv.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qgotv.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qgotv.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qgotv.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}