The Ocean Reef Community Foundation Building Bridges Scholarship

Spring 2025

The Ocean Reef Community Foundation has established the “ORCF Building Bridges Scholarship” which is available to all students attending the Upper Keys Center at CFK. The Building Bridges Scholarship covers remaining expenses for tuition, lab fees, textbooks, and certain course-required costs after federal, state, and other aid are applied. Eligible students must have a complete 2024-25 FAFSA, have a 2.0 GPA or higher, and meet standards of satisfactory academic progress. Priority will be given to those pursuing credentials in career technical education and professional skills programs.

Scholarship recipients are also required to:

1. Confirm registration in courses at The College of the Florida Keys in the term in which the scholarship is to be used.
2. Complete a minimum of 4 hours of volunteer service with the donor or The College of the Florida Keys Foundation if requested. (Details will be sent separately if/when applicable.)
4. Demonstrate and maintain the scholarship criteria and requirements.

The Foundation reserves the right to withdraw or modify the student’s award based on the student’s fulfillment of required scholarship criteria.

Donor
Ocean Reef Community Foundation
Award
Varies
Scopes
Internal Scholarships
Deadline
11/24/2024
Supplemental Questions
  1. Which campus do you primarily attend?
  2. Are you a Monroe County resident?
  3. Are you a resident of Florida City or Homestead?
  4. Are you affiliated with any of these organizations? Ocean Reef Club, Ocean Reef Community Foundation, Ocean Reef Community Association, Ocean Reef Chamber of Commerce, Baptist Health South Florida, or The College of the Florida Keys.
  5. Please upload proof of your affiliation (e.g., letter on letterhead, etc.).
  6. Applicants must apply for a Pell Grant via the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Have you submitted a FAFSA for the current academic year?
  7. If you are eligible for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship for the 2024-25 academic year, have you applied?
  8. If you are affiliated with Baptist and eligible, have you applied for the Baptist Health Undergraduate Nurse Scholars Program?
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