HOPE Scholarship
Helping Other People Emerge
“Each year, MEED has awarded HOPE Scholarships of $500 to middle school students who have achieved academic excellence or shown significant improvement in their studies. As the student matures and succeeds so does the scholarship award, which has been deposited into an interest-bearing trust account until the student's high school graduation. The student can then apply the matured trust to his or her college of choice.”
Additionally, the HOPE Scholarship in partnership with the Community College of Denver awards up to 15 credit hours at a community college of choice to the parent of the recipient.
Since 1996, MEED has partnered with King Soopers in awarding HOPE Scholarships to middle school students. King Soopers provides the trophies that are presented to the winners, refreshments for the awards receptions and extra funds for the Byron Melton Extra Ordinary Student Award (one per school per year), and other logistical and supplies support.
Since 2003 Reggie Rivers, author, radio personality, TV sportscaster, and former Bronco football player, has been MEED’s HOPE Scholarship Ambassador, visiting the schools and speaking to the students about how important it is to stay in school and why it is so important to have people believe in you and provide help along the way, just the way he was helped to become the successful person that he is today. MEED has also partnered with Mr. Rivers and Rivers Enterprises in providing special scholarship awards to students from Denver’s middle schools.”
LIST OF PARTICIPATING MIDDLE SCHOOLS:
