REDSKINS PARK – LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
21300 Redskin Park Drive  Ashburn, VA 20147 703-726-7000
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PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
February 26, 2014
REDSKINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION NOW ACCEPTING
APPLICATIONS FOR $25,000 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP
Redskins to help send low-income student to college for sixth consecutive year
EASY TWEET: @RedskinsCR & @College_Success now accepting applications for #Redskins $25,000 college
scholarship. Visit http://bit.ly/1h3VNqc to apply!
LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. – The Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation (WRCF) announced today that
online submission is now open for the WRCF $25,000 college scholarship. The 2014 scholarship marks the
sixth consecutive year in which the Redskins are helping send a student in need to college.
Administered by the D.C. College Success Foundation (CSF), the WRCF scholarship will provide one local,
deserving, high-potential and low-income public high school senior with a college scholarship disbursed in up
to $5,000 increments annually for five years.
“The Redskins Scholarship and the College Success Foundation have lifted an immense financial burden off my
shoulders,” said WRCF’s 2013 scholarship recipient St. Clair Detrick-Jules. “Thanks to this scholarship, I'm
able to attend my top choice school, and I'm so thankful that I'll be able to graduate in 2017 without financial
worries.”
Seniors attending a Washington, D.C. or Prince George’s County, Md. public high school may apply for the
scholarship by visiting http://www.dccollegesuccessfoundation.org/dc/scholarships/dc-l1000-scholarship and
selecting “Apply Now.” The application deadline is Friday, April 7 at 5 p.m.
Established in 2009, the goal of the WRCF college scholarship is to provide low-income and underrepresented
students the educational and financial incentives, mentoring and other supports necessary to gain admission to
the colleges and universities of their choice.
Previous WRCF college scholarship recipients include:
 2009 – Clayton Armstrong, University of Arizona Bachelors of Science in Sociology, graduated Spring
2013.
 2010 – Kiana Hardy, Spelman College, psychology major.
 2011 – Yasmine Arrington, Elon University, strategic communications and history double major; human
services minor.
 2012 – Christopher Jones, Morehouse College, business economics major.
 2013 – St. Clair Detrick-Jules, Brown University, biochemistry major.
WRCF selected D.C. College Success Foundation to administer the scholarship because of its strong working
scholarship model. The program places recipients in a mentoring program which requires students to work with
a mentor (CSF advisor) during all four-to-five years of college.
For more information on the D.C. College Success Foundation scholarship model, visit their website at
http://www.dccollegesuccessfoundation.org/.
For more information on the Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation’s programs and events or to donate,
visit www.redskins.com/community or follow the Foundation on Twitter at @RedskinsCR.
-REDSKINSABOUT THE REDSKINS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: The Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation, the non-profit
philanthropic arm of the team, combines the influence and popularity of the Washington Redskins with the resources and assets of
area corporations. Founded by owner Daniel M. Snyder, the Charitable Foundation is guided by its Leadership Council that consists of
CEOs who help shape and define the philanthropic efforts of the Redskins to achieve a measurable impact on youth development in
the areas of education, community outreach and health and wellness. Visit www.Redskins.com and click on Community for more
information.
ABOUT THE REDSKINS: Headquartered at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Virginia, and owned by Daniel Snyder, the historic
Washington Redskins Football Club has won five World Championship titles including the 1937 and 1942 National Football League
Championship games, as well as Super Bowls XVII, XXII and XXVI. Founded in 1932 as the Boston Braves in Massachusetts, the
team changed its name to the Redskins in 1933 and relocated to Washington, D.C., in 1937. Since then, the team has become one of
the most recognizable professional sports franchises in history, featuring multiple Hall of Fame coaches, 19 members of the Pro
Football Hall of Fame (with seven others who also were Redskins) and becoming the first team in the NFL with an official marching
band and fight song, "Hail to the Redskins." The Redskins have been owned by Dan Snyder since 1999, and beginning in 1997, began
playing their home games at FedExField in Landover, Md.
ABOUT THE COLLEGE SUCCESS FOUNDATION: The College Success Foundation is a nonprofit organization created in 2000
to expand the pipeline of low-income and underrepresented students who complete a baccalaureate degree by providing students the
educational and financial incentives, mentoring, and other supports necessary to gain admission to the colleges and universities of
their choice. To meet this goal, the College Success Foundation- District of Columbia has partnered with communities and local
organizations alike to support initiatives and programs that provide scholarships, mentoring support and high-intensity college access
services to DC students. To learn more about the College Success Foundation- District of Columbia, visit
www.dccollegesuccessfoundation.org
Contacts:
Tony Wyllie
Daniel Sampson
Ross Taylor
Susanna Nickell
wylliet@redskins.com
sampsond@redskins.com
taylorr@redskins.com
nickells@redskins.com
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