Friends 4 Life HE²Y!! Legacy Scholarship / Stipend 

Previous Friends 4 Life Scholarship receipiant please use the book stipend application tab.

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Friends 4 Life provides up to $1,000 in financial assistance to college-bound high school seniors, tech school-bound, and current undergraduate students whose lives have been impacted by a traumatic childhood experience or loss.

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Award Includes:

• Up to $1,000 scholarship or stipend

• Book stipends (when available)

• Care packages for students with limited family support

• Ongoing mentorship and community engagement opportunities

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Recipients are expected to “pay it forward” by volunteering at F4L events, becoming a Peer2Peer mentor, or becoming a Peer2Peer tutor.

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Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must:

• Be a high school senior accepted to an accredited college, university, or trade school, or a current undergraduate student

• Be 17–24 years old

• Have at least a 2.5 GPA

• Have experienced a traumatic childhood experience or loss (examples of traumatic experiences: a loved one's cancer diagnosis or their own diagnosis, foster care, gun violence, abuse, depression, or poverty)

• Provide verification documentation

• Be a U.S. citizen

• Reside within a 100-mile radius of Philadelphia, PA