The MMPCIA
Scholars Award
The Mount Morris Park Community Improvement Association (MMPCIA) $4,000 Scholarship Award began in 2009 as a way of honoring the academic accomplishments of college-bound high school seniors who live in or attend high school in the village of Harlem.
Beginning each February, the MMPCIA Scholarship Committee reaches out to area high school teachers, guidance counselors, parents and students. The completed applications are reviewed by a neutral group of judges and one winner will be selected each year. The recipient’s award will be disbursed in the amount of $1,000 each year and renewable for up to four years as long as the student continues as a full time student in good standing.
Funds for the Scholarship Award are raised primarily though proceeds from MMPCIA’s two major fund raising efforts—the Annual Historic Neighborhood House Tour in June each year and the Holiday Gala in December—and through generous contributions from neighborhood donors specifically to the scholarship fund.
