Arrow International Scholarship Fund

Award Amount
Award Amount

$2,361

Application deadline
Application deadline

March 15

Awarded By:

Berks County Community Foundation

Number of Awards & Eligibility: The number of awards offered varies annually.
In order to qualify, students must meet the following criteria:
  1. This award is for U.S. students.
  2. Must be a U.S. citizen.
  3. Must be a high school senior.
  4. Must be a resident of Berks County, Pennsylvania.
  5. Must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale, or 90 percent or higher on a 100 percent scale.

In order to qualify, students must meet the following criteria:

Description: This scholarship is open to U.S. high school seniors who are residents of Berks County, Pennsylvania, and have a grade point average of 3.5 (or 90) or higher. Strong preference will be given to applicants who are children, step-children, grandchildren, or step-grandchildren of former or current Arrow International employees who were employed by Arrow International as of the date of the sale of Arrow International to Teleflex on Oct. 1, 2007.

Application requirements for the Arrow International Scholarship Fund are:

  • Application form
  • Essay
  • Official Transcript
  • Recommendation letters (2)
Additional Information: Strong preference will be given to applicants who are children, step-children, grandchildren, or step-grandchildren of former or current Arrow International employees who were employed by Arrow International as of the date of the sale of Arrow International to Teleflex on Oct. 1, 2007. The ideal recipients will have participated in high school and community activities and demonstrated some leadership roles. Applicants will be notified in May. Berks County Community Foundation employees, board members and/or committee members are not eligible to apply for or be nominated for a scholarship offered by Berks County Community Foundation, nor are their immediate family members. However, immediate family members are eligible to be nominated and recognized as the recipient of a scholarship, but without the financial award of the scholarship. Immediate families include spouses; children, stepchildren, grandchildren, stepgrandchildren, and their respective spouses; siblings and their spouses; and ancestors. The ineligibility period for Berks County Community Foundation board members or employees and their family members extends five years after board service or employment terminates. The ineligibility period for committee members who are not Berks County Community Foundation staff or board is in effect only during their term of service and is only related to the committee on which they make decisions.

Award Amount: The award amount varies annually.  The total dollars awarded for this scholarship is $2,361.

Deadline Information:

Deadline for this scholarship is Friday, March 15

Deadline Information:

Deadline for this scholarship is Friday, March 15

Applications are available on the Berks County Community Foundation (BCCF) website. All applicants must apply via the BCCF online application. Students must create an account to access the application. As part of the application, the student will be required to submit the following materials: an essay of 250 to 500 words on the topic "If you could travel anywhere, where would you go, and why?"; his/her most recent high school transcript; and contact information for two persons (i.e., professor, teacher, school official, clergy, employer, advisor, or community leader) that know him/her well and will write letters of recommendation on his/her behalf. Each recommender will receive instructions via email for submitting his/her letter. Applications must be submitted by the deadline date.
About Berks County Community Foundation:
Contact Information: Leta Doganes, Scholarship and Grant Administrator
Address: 237 Court St. Reading, Pennsylvania 19601
Email: scholarships@bccf.org , scholarships@bccf.org
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