{"id":140900,"date":"2025-09-08T15:10:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T19:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qgotv.org\/staging\/?page_id=140900"},"modified":"2026-05-27T13:24:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:24:51","slug":"scholarship-annual-criteria-updated-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qgotv.org\/staging\/scholarship-annual-criteria-updated-for-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarship Annual Criteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<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><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/qgotv.org\/staging\/online-application-for-qgotv-scholarships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Submit Online &#8211; fill out the form completely<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1KTQzzC_M7e5J47CeyztI1N6rf9DtWQrs\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Submit by Mail &#8211; read following instructions carefully<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is the applicant\u2019s responsibility, not the guidance counselor&#8217;s, to download, complete the application and mail the application in a timely manner (allow 5-10 business days) to arrive by the deadline date of March 31st each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Criteria for Application: High 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: Accomplishments in extracurricular sewing (does not include knitting and crochet) Leadership Skills Community service activities Commitment to continuing education The QGOTV Scholarship Application is available &#8230; <a title=\"Scholarship Annual Criteria\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/qgotv.org\/staging\/scholarship-annual-criteria-updated-for-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Scholarship Annual Criteria\">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-140900","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qgotv.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140900","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=140900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qgotv.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/140900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qgotv.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}