Blue Kangaroo, the leading intelligent personal shopper assistant with more than 2 million US users, recently announced the creation of a new scholarship opportunity for college students who actively give back to their local communities.
Scholarship Overview
The Blue Kangaroo Community Activist Scholarship was created to reward students who exemplify the spirit and values of helping others in their local community. Blue Kangaroo is offering one $1,000 scholarship open to currently enrolled undergraduate college students. Requirements include an average GPA of 3.0 or higher and recent participation in a local project or program that helped bring others together through collaboration and creativity to build a stronger community.
Applicants are also required to provide an essay, photos or video of their community involvement, as well as a letter of recommendation from a professor or community program board member. The deadline for students to submit their application is December 31, 2016. The Blue Kangaroo management team will review all of the submitted applications and select a winner to be notified on February 1, 2017. The winning scholarship award will be directed to a specified college or university for tuition or other related college related expenses for Fall 2017. For students to learn more about the scholarship opportunity or to complete an application visit the Blue Kangaroo Community Activist Scholarship page. Please note that applicant information will solely be used for the purposes of scholarship evaluation. No applicant information will be used for marketing purposes.
“We are excited to offer this scholarship opportunity for students who are active in their communities and helping others in a selfless way” said Chris Houghton, Senior Manager of Marketing at Blue Kangaroo. “We recognize that the costs of college can be very expensive and we want to reward students who help improve the lives of others in their local communities.”
Information for Schools
Colleges or Universities with an undergraduate program are encouraged to share Blue Kangaroo’s Community Activist Scholarship opportunity with their students by adding it to their school’s scholarship information pages. Interested schools can review the scholarship information via the Blue Kangaroo website, or send specific questions to the following email: scholarship@bluekangaroo.com
While this is the first year that Blue Kangaroo is offering this scholarship opportunity, the company plans to continue this offering in the future to reward students who help others in their communities. Any school that adds the current Blue Kangaroo scholarship offering to their website is encouraged to notify the company via the email address listed above, as Blue Kangaroo will follow-up with schools in future years to update the scholarship offering information for students. For more information visit: http://www.bluekangaroo.com/page/scholarship
About Blue Kangaroo
Founded by recognized Big Data innovators, Blue Kangaroo is the leading intelligent personalized shopping assistant. Blue Kangaroo users benefit from unparalleled shopping personalization, product and deal discovery, sharing and wish lists, and options for connecting with their favorite brands. The company’s unique approach to establishing new and deeper relationships between brands and consumers creates new business opportunities for advertisers and rewarding experiences for consumers. Blue Kangaroo is available for smartphone, tablet, and desktop PC users.