The Kohl’s Kids Who Care® Scholarship Program
Nominate a Deserving Kid Today!
by Denise Swint
February 29, 2008
Program Information
The Kohl’s Kids Who Care® Scholarship Program recognizes and rewards young volunteers (ages 6-18) who help make their communities a better place.
Qualifications
- The young person’s actions must be described in detail and should document efforts that are above and beyond what is normally expected of a child his or her age.
- Volunteer efforts should have made a positive impact on others and occurred in the last 12 months.
- The activity cannot be performed solely to benefit a family member.
- Creativity, initiative, generosity, leadership and community outreach will all be given equal weight during the judging process.
- Applicants must not have graduated high school as of March 15, 2008.
Winners / Awards
Nominees will be divided into two groups (ages 6-12 and 13-18) — and awards will be given on three levels.
Store Winners:
More than 1,900 store winners will be awarded a $50 Kohl’s Gift Card.
Regional Winners:
The 190 regional winners will be awarded $1,000 scholarships toward their post-secondary education.
National Winners:
Ten national winners will be awarded $5,000 scholarships and Kohl’s will donate $1,000 to a nonprofit organization on their behalf.
Official Rules
Eligibility:
No purchase necessary. Nominees must be legal U.S. residents of a state in which a Kohl’s store is located. Nominees must be between the ages of 6 and 18 and not yet a high school graduate as of March 15, 2008. Each nominee must be nominated by someone age 21 years or older. Employees of Kohl’s Department Stores, Inc. (“Kohl’s”) and Scholarship America or either companies’ respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliates and such employees’ immediate family members and members of the same household are ineligible for nomination. Kohl’s associates may nominate non-related children. Members of Scholarship America selection committees may not nominate a child.
Nominees may only be nominated once and may not have been a prior Kohl’s Kids Who Care® regional or national scholarship recipient. Multiple nominations for one nominee will not be accepted, even if submitted by different nominators. Awards are for individuals, so please nominate only one person per entry.
Nominations:
Nomination forms may only be completed and submitted at www.kohlskidswhocare.com. No paper nomination forms will be accepted. Forms must be submitted and signed electronically by a nominator who is 21 years or older no later than midnight CST March 15, 2008. All sections of the nomination form must be completed. Nominees who become winners and their parent/guardian must sign a Publicity Release/Scholarship Acceptance Form prior to receipt of any scholarship.
Nominations should describe how the nominee has contributed to the community in a meaningful way by performing volunteer services that helped non-family members. The volunteer activity must have occurred within the last 12 months. Financial need or academic performance will not be considered in the review and selection of winners.
Kohl’s and Scholarship America shall not be responsible for misdirected, incomplete or late nomination forms. All nominations become property of Kohl’s and Scholarship America and will not be returned or acknowledged. Additional information about a nominee and/or documentation may be requested by Kohl’s or Scholarship America. To remain eligible, nominees must provide all reasonably requested documentation and information upon Kohl’s or Scholarship America’s request.
As a supporter of equal opportunity, Kohl’s will work with Scholarship America to distribute awards to minority students on a basis at least proportionate to the number of known minority nominees.
Awards:
Nomination forms will be separated into two age groups: ages 6-12 and ages 13-18. One nominee from each age group will be selected as a store-level winner for each Kohl’s Store and will receive a $50.00 Kohl’s Gift Card. One hundred ninety $1,000 regional scholarships will be awarded, 95 to each age group. Ten $5,000 national scholarships will be awarded, five to each age group. In addition, Kohl’s will contribute a $1,000 to a non-profit organization on behalf of each national winner.
Notification:
Winners will be notified in June 2008.
Nomination Form and Process:
Start by clicking on the Begin the nomination process button at the bottom of the electronic nomination form. You will need to complete an Online Consent and register as a nominator. During the nomination process, you will be able to leave the site by clicking on the Save and Leave button located at the bottom of each page. To return, you must enter your user name and password as provided when registering for your nomination account.
Correspondence to nominators will be via email only; check your email regularly. You must provide a valid email address that accepts bulk email. To ensure delivery of messages, add kohls@scholarshipamerica.org to your contacts, email address book or safe senders list.
Nominators may wish to gather the following information before beginning the nomination process:
Information about the nominee: Including full name, address, age, birth date, phone number, and current grade in school. Nominators are solely responsible for submitting all information necessary for the nomination process. Nominations found to be incomplete as of the nomination deadline will not be processed. No faxed or mailed nomination materials will be accepted.
All information submitted is considered confidential and is reviewed only by Scholarship America, Kohl’s partner in managing the scholarship program. Information about selected nominees will be provided to Kohl’s for purposes of verification of eligibility, demographic research, publicity and recipient communication.
Carefully review your nomination before submission. All pages must be completed and entered in the format described in order to electronically submit the form. Standard capitalization must be used when entering data. Once the nomination is submitted, no further additions or revisions may be made. The nomination must be submitted electronically by Midnight CST on March 15, 2008. A confirmation e-mail will be sent once you’ve electronically submitted your nomination.
