Margaret Sanders Foundation
International Schools Scholarship Fund
Margaret Sanders worked with Walsworth Publishing Company for forty years; she traveled the world assisting schools with the publication of their yearbooks. This exciting career afforded the opportunity for her to develop a close identification with overseas "American/International" schools and their diverse and interesting populations.
Mrs. Sanders now wishes to "give back" to this community which has given her so many exciting opportunities and personal rewards, and in year 2000 established a scholarship foundation to serve the international schools.
Mrs. Sanders has been awarding these scholarships for eight years. Past scholarship winners have come from: Bangladesh, Colombia (2), Ghana, Great Britain, Hungary, Israel, Kenya, Lebanon, Pakistan (3), Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sultanate of Oman, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, and Zimbabwe.
The CEESA region has been most fortunate to have had several winners of the $5,000 scholarships.
The deadline for this year will be at the end of November, 2012, with winners announced0in February, 2013.
You can view more information here.
Margaret Sanders Scholarship Fund
Born in 1910, Margaret0Sanders often found herself working in a man's world where she held such jobs as advertising designer, writer, air traffic controller, photographer and international yearbook representative. Her career with Walsworth Publishing Company began in 1961 and during the subsequent four decades, she traveled the world assisting schools with the publication of their yearbooks. This exciting career afforded her the opportunity to develop a close identification with overseas "American/International" schools and their diverse and interesting populations.
While Margaret passed on in June, 2009, she left a legacy of giving through her scholarship fund in perpetuity. Past scholarship winners have come from international schools in Abu Dhabi, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Colombia, Egypt, Ghana, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sultanate of Oman, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, and Zimbabwe.
Download the 2012/2013 Margaret Sanders Scholarship application.
For more information, contact Sandy Keeton.
