"Hit the Books" Scholarship
Who: High School Seniors and beyond
What: "500 words on the subjects of the importance of education in their lives and how the scholarship money will assist the students’ goals. Bonus points will be awarded to those students who find a creative way to include their passion for coffee within their essay without losing sight of the primary topic."
When: January 31st!
Where: http://www.coffeeforless.com/scholarship/
Why: It's a relatively small scholarship, so there's a chance one of you (because you're all smartypants) could win! Also, it's a chance for you guys to flex those creative writing skills and hopefully develop an essay that is brief and meaningful. For inspiration, here's something that came on a UChicago postcard when I was a senior:
"It was inevitable: The smell of coffee always reminded him of unrequited love. Slippered, alone, late in the May House lounge, our hero arranges the rites of the slowdrip. She had shown him once how to set the yellow drip like a halo on his sno-man mug, snuggle in a filter, spreading the grounds in a conic toddy. Patiently she would pour hot (almost boiling!) water over the crushed beans until it rose to the surface "like watering a flower" she said. Blooming. She would wait. In silence until the water disappeared, sometimes saturating the muddy stuff twice. Now once. Bloom alone."
