New Rockford-Sheyenne alumnus, Kyleigh Hilbert, awarded $2,000 EducateND scholarship

Dollars for Scholars recently awarded a $2,000 EducateND Scholarship to Kyleigh Hilbert of New Rockford-Sheyenne High School.

“The North Dakota Dollars for Scholars chapter and the local Dollars for Scholars chapters work together to provide scholarships to North Dakotans. Local volunteers should be commended for the excellent work maintaining scholarship levels in a challenging year,” states North Dakota Dollars for Scholars State Director Rachel LaForce.

North Dakota Dollars for Scholars awarded a total of $217,000 to 140 students across North Dakota. In addition to the statewide scholarships, Dollars for Scholars chapters in 64 North Dakota communities awarded nearly $1.3 million in scholarships to 1,229 students. Students who graduated from a North Dakota high school or were home educated in North Dakota qualify to apply for the scholarships distributed by the statewide North Dakota Dollars for Scholars Chapter.

Bank of North Dakota administers the state chapter which assists local chapters and oversees the scholarships given by the state chapter which focuses on offering scholarships to students beyond their freshman year of college.

Businesses and individuals are encouraged to support Dollars for Scholars, whether locally or statewide. Dollars for Scholars is a non-profit organization which is the largest, volunteer-operated, community-based scholarship foundation in the United States. Visit northdakota.dollarsforscholars.org for a complete list of scholarship winners, donors, chapters, and more information.