FNB Scholarship Programs

First Neighbor Bank is proud to help promote the CBAI Foundation for Community Banking’s 2021 Annual Scholarship Program, which enables Illinois high-school seniors to enter a statewide essay-writing contest. The goal of the program is to increase public awareness of community banks and their contributions.

First Neighbor Bank invites and encourages our Toledo, Greenup, Neoga, Mattoon, Charleston, Casey, Shiloh, Paris, and Tuscola high school seniors to apply for this scholarship.  Seniors will need to visit their school’s Guidance Counselor for rules and application forms.

The CBAI Foundation for Community Banking offers 24 scholarships to top Illinois high-school seniors statewide each year. The scholarship awards available this year by the Foundation total $21,000. CBAI will award a $1,000 scholarship to a student in 11 of CBAl's 12 groups along with $500 to a second person in each group, which ensures geographical uniformity of winners. One student will win $1,000 a year for up to four years of higher education. And, as in previous years, the high school of the overall winner will receive $500.

ENTRY DEADLINE HAS PASTED FOR THIS YEAR.  Entry Deadline: First Neighbor Bank must receive entries on or before FEBRUARY 24, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. to be eligible for judging.  You can submit your entry to any of the 9 First Neighbor Bank locations – Toledo, Greenup, Casey, Charleston, Mattoon, Neoga, Newman, Paris or Tuscola.

The Aldrich Green Scholarship fund hopes to aid educational endeavors by offering scholarships to graduating Cumberland high school seniors. The fund will offer educational grants as scholarships to graduating high school seniors who aspire to continue their education at the college level. We would like to invite all seniors to apply who conform to the criteria below.

General information: Up to a $1,000 scholarship will be given to a student annually but will be distributed $500 per semester for the time he or she is enrolled in the college of his or her choice. The money could be used for tuition, fees, books, or living expenses for any two or four year College, Technical School, or Junior College. Preference will be given to applicants who are less financially able to obtain a higher education and may not be receiving other scholarships or grants.

Criteria

• Applicant should have good academic standing.
• Applicant should have some school involvement.
• We may consider work experience for determining recipient.
• Applicant should have good citizenship/behavior.
• Special consideration will be given to students planning to return to the county where they currently reside in to seek employment.
• Upon completion of the application, it is the property of the scholarship committee and is non-returnable to the applicant.
• Your transcript should also be included with your application.
• In order for us to retain a complete file, please submit a picture and attach it to your application.

Deadline to apply for scholarship is April 30, 2021 .

DOWNLOAD APPLICATION.

The First Neighbor Bank, NA Scholarship hopes to aid educational endeavors by offering scholarships to graduating high school seniors. The fund will offer educational grants as scholarships to graduating high school seniors who aspire to continue their education at the college level. We would like to invite all seniors to apply who conform to the criteria below. Seniors enrolled in high schools at Cumberland High School, Neoga High School, Casey High School, Charleston High School, Mattoon High School, Oakland High School, Shiloh High School and Paris High School may apply.

General information: A five hundred dollar scholarship will be presented at the High School Awards ceremony to a student enrolled in a two or four year college. The money could be used for tuition, fees, books, or living expenses for any two or four year College, Technical School, or Junior College. Preference will be given to applicants who are less financially able to obtain a higher education and may not be receiving other scholarships or grants.

Criteria

• Applicant should have good academic standing.
• Applicant should have some school involvement.
• We may consider work experience for determining recipient.
• Applicant should have good citizenship/behavior.
• Special consideration will be given to students planning to return to the county where they currently reside min to seek employment.
• Upon completion of the application, it is the property of the scholarship committee and is non-returnable to the applicant.
• Your transcript should also be included with your application.
• In order for us to retain a complete file, please submit a picture and attach it to your application.

Deadline to apply for scholarship is April 30, 2021 for all schools listed above.

DOWNLOAD APPLICATION.

NOTE: The deadline for applications from Mattoon High School students will be April 1 beginning in 2022.

The William and Elizabeth Shadley Scholarship fund hopes to aid educational endeavors by offering scholarships to graduating Cumberland high school seniors. The fund will offer educational grants as scholarships to graduating high school seniors who aspire to continue their education at the college level. We would like to invite all seniors to apply who conform to the criteria below.

General information:
One $500 scholarship will be presented at the Cumberland High School Awards ceremony to a student enrolled in a two or four year college. The money could be used for tuition, fees, books, or living expenses for any two or four year College, Technical School, or Junior College. Preference will be given to applicants who are less financially able to obtain a higher education and may not be receiving other scholarships or grants.

Criteria

• Applicant should have good academic standing.
• Applicant should have some school involvement.
• We may consider work experience for determining recipient.
• Applicant should have good citizenship/behavior.
• Special consideration will be given to students planning to return to the county where they currently reside in to seek employment.
• Upon completion of this application, it is the property of the scholarship committee and is non-returnable to the applicant.
• Your transcript should also be included with this application.
• In order for us to retain a complete file, and attach it to your application.

Deadline to apply for scholarship is April 30, 2021.

DOWNLOAD APPLICATION.