Ellyssa Aquino is the daughter of Gunnery Sergeant Pedro Aqunio USMC. Service shaped his life, the injuries he sustained in Iraq changed it forever, and now thanks to his daughters and the enduring spirit of Semper Fidelis that he instilled in them, the Aquino family is serving as a shining example of Honor, Courage and […]
The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, the Nation’s oldest and largest provider of need-based scholarships to military children, announced it will award, an historic, 2,300 scholarships, valued at nearly $7 million to children of Marine and Navy Corpsmen for the upcoming 2015-2016 academic year. In our 53rd year of Honoring Marines by Educating their Children, we’ve […]
Forbes DON ESMOND, CONTRIBUTOR I’m proud to be a Marine, albeit one who can’t fit comfortably into my old uniform anymore, and proud of my long association with Toyota Motor Corporation. So it was doubly rewarding to attend a recent event in our nation’s capital to both support the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation and honor […]
Del Mar Times JEANNE MCKINNEY, STAFF WRITER The Hilton Del Mar hosted a gathering of supporters and friends for the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation’s inaugural San Diego Awards dinner recently. As the nation’s oldest and largest provider of need-based scholarships to military families, the foundation was there to honor major donors, Marines, and children of […]
The Philadelphia Inquirer Edward Colimore, Inquirer Staff Writer Kerry Walters Jr. might not be attending the University of Pennsylvania without the help of the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation. It would have been too costly. His family’s finances were stretched thin, partly because his father, a Marine, was wounded during the Vietnam War and his earning ability […]
FORT GEORGE G. Meade, Md. — The 2013-2014 college school year had price tags ranging from $8,000 to more than $30,000.The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation received a $1.25 million dollar donation from PwC Charitable Foundation on Jan. 14, 2015. The donation will help mitigate the cost of higher education for the children of Marines and […]
ALEXANDRIA, VA (January 14, 2015) – Today, the PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc. announced a $1.25 million donation to the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, the Nation’s oldest and largest provider of need-based scholarships to military children. The donation will help provide hundreds of higher education need-based scholarships over the next five years to children of Marines […]
ALEXANDRIA, VA, November 11, 2014 – In recognition of the tenth anniversary of the Battle of Fallujah, the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation – the Nation’s oldest and largest provider of need-based scholarships to military children – has established and named five memorial scholarships in honor of the five battalions that served in the Battle of […]
CAMP PENDLETON — The son of a Camp Pendleton Marine was the student speaker at the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation’s annual west coast gala on Saturday. The foundation’s 32nd annual West Coast Campaign celebratory gala at Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel in Dana Point drew 300 guests and marked the donation of $1 million for scholarships, twice […]
Since 9/11, more than 6,800 Marine and Navy Corpsman have been injured in combat while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, with over 400 having experienced major limb amputations1. Their more than 1,100 children, 21years old or younger, are navigating the unique challenges of living with a severely injured parent, which can often involve financial stress […]
