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JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii— Every year, the Hickam Officers’ Spouses’ Club (HOSC) raises and awards thousands of dollars in grants and scholarships to the Hickam Community. The HOSC supports service members and their families through on base organizations and the local schools.
This year is no different, as the HOSC worked together to raise of $150,000 towards scholarships, grants, schools, and military non-profits like the Air Force Ball.
After reforming the organization last year, the HOSC president Kimberly Dobbs instituted a number of changes to better suit the needs of the Airmen and increase funding.
“Over the past year, we’ve revamped our grants program to give more flexibility back into the program,” said Dobbs. “We realized the deadlines outlined by our program were not feasible, and sometimes organizations can't wait for a deadline on our end.”
Funding for the grants and scholarships is generated completely through sales from the Hickam Thrift Shop. They accept donations and sell those goods back to anyone who has base access.
“We recently had a change in staffing at the Thrift Shop, which had a huge impact on the bottom line,” said Dobbs. “The new Hickam Thrift Shop manager came up with creative sales techniques and was able to increase the profits each month over last year.”
Each year, the HOSC awards multiple grants and scholarships to military family members to help further their education. This year $59,500 was awarded to 17 individuals, and will be used at accredited trade schools, two-to-four year colleges, and universities, to include masters and doctorate-level programs.
“The HOSC Scholarship is a merit-based scholarship that is awarded annually to military dependents to help further their educations,” said Carolyn McElhaney, HOSC scholarship coordinator. “Once given, the scholarship money may be used for payment of tuition, fees, or room and board charged by the school during the fall semester of the year awarded and/or the following semester.”
The HOSC Scholarship application window is January 1 - March 1. Recipients are chosen in April and are honored at the HOSC Annual Scholarship Awards Banquet in May, where amount values of the individual scholarships are announced.
For more information about the HOSC Scholarship please visit www.hickamosc.com/scholarships.
| Date Taken: | 05.16.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 05.16.2017 13:59 |
| Story ID: | 234036 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HAWAII, US |
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