An important part of the Catholic Business Connection's program is to be a vehicle for the promotion of Catholic education.  On a personal level we encourage people to tithe ten percent of their "take home" pay.  Here at the Catholic Business Connection we are taking ten percent of every advertisement in our directories and placing it into the C.B.C. (Catholic Business Connection) Scholarship Fund.  We also make it possible for people to contribute to this fund when we are out at various functions to help raise more money so we may extend scholarship funds for Catholic education to as many children as possible.  Anyone may donate to our fund.  One hundred percent of the money collected each year will be awarded in the form of Catholic school scholarships.  There are many families who need assistance to keep their child/children enrolled in Catholic school.  Our Catholic education is an incredible way to teach about the Catholic faith.  The future of the Catholic church lies with our children.

To Donate Send Check or Money Order to:

The C.B.C. Scholarship Fund

45280 Kipton Nickle Plate

Oberlin, OH  44074

(Due to the costs involved, we currently do not accept credit card donations.)

Please consider our Philanthropist Fund too.  Click on the logo below.

Who May Apply?

Any child registered in a Catholic parish entering kindergarten through twelfth grade and who is enrolling in a Catholic school in the Cleveland Diocese (Ashland, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake Lorain, Medina, Summit, or Wayne Counties), may apply for a scholarship.  Since the drawing is a lottery style, even advertisers' children or grandchildren are eligible.  The number and the amount of the scholarship(s) are determined by the amount taken in within the previous year (May-May).  In May the last three years we awarded one $1000.00 scholarship.  In 2010, we will award at least one $1000.00 scholarship and plan to award more. 

Applications are available by clicking on the link below.  The deadline for applications is May 8th, 2010.   The school(s) and the first name of the winner(s) will appear on our website.  Money will be paid directly to the school listed on the scholarship application on behalf of the student.  Each child must have a separate application.  Every applicant must be a legal U.S. citizen.  Applications from the same household may be mailed together.  Winners are selected randomly through a lottery design.  Odds of receiving scholarship money is based on the number of applicants.  Applicant information will never be shared, traded, sold or given away. 

CLICK HERE FOR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION 

The date for the 2010 Drawing will be announced at a later date.

Get your business involved.

Every application is assigned a number.  A duplicate number is placed in a capsule.  The 2009 winner was drawn at random at our Networking Meeting/Social which is held for our advertisers in the directories.
The most recent winner of a $1,000.00 scholarship is a student (William *)  from St. Edward High School in Lakewood.  He is a parishioner of St. Raphael Parish in Bay Village.   * Full names of scholarship winners withheld for security reasons.