Being a part of DECA allows you the student to apply for scholarships that are exclusively set aside for DECA members.  The BEST place to look for DECA-related scholarship opportunities is at this link:  http://www.deca.org/schol.html

IMPORTANT:  Most Scholarship Applications must be postmarked no later than February 12, 2010.

The next best place to look is DECA’s 2010 Scholarship Guide. It is not only filled with scholarships, but it includes these great tips:
-Getting Into the College of Your Dreams
-Four Steps to a Winning Essay
-Eight Importnat Application Tips
-Top Ten Scholarship Applications Do’s

Your local Advisor will have a copy of the DECA Scholarship Guide.  Ask to see it for more information!

The following Scholarships require that you work for the company offering the scholarship:
Claire’s
Finish Line
K-Mart
Safeway
Sears
Target
TJ Maxx/Marshalls

The following Scholarships are open to every DECA member, providing they meet the criteria:

Don DeBolt           Hilton          Marriott          NAPA
NFIB          Otis Spunkmeyer        Swirl      Walgreens

The Harry Applegate Scholarship should be submitted to the State Advisor at the NH State Career Development Conference.  Students  applications approved at the State level will be forwarded to DECA Inc., where they will be evaluated.   Students selected to receive the scholarship will be notified before the national ICDC.  Applegate Scholarship recipients will be eligible to attend the International Career Development Conference  in Louisville, Kentucky, in April.

Corporate contributors to The Harry Applegate Scholarship include:
7-Eleven Inc
American Hotel & Lodging Institute
Bob Foehlinger Memorial
Central Region DECA
College Pro Painters
Costco Wholesale
Ed Fleming Memorial
ESPN Fundraising Program
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
Hub Distributing INC.
Kendall College
Leonard Pokladnik Memorial
Millikin University
National Association of Mortgage Brokers
National Honor Roll
Payless Shoe Source
PDC Productions
Sonya Dismuke Memorial
South-Western/Thomson
Southern Region DECA
Talking Rain Beverage Co, Inc.
Tropicanna Products, Inc.
Western Region DECA
Who’s Who Among High School Students

The Harry Applegate Scholarship application is due to Mary Heartz at the State Conference in March.