HAHNVILLE – St. Charles Sheriff Greg Champagne will award a scholarship providing assistance to a worthy St. Charles Parish student in furthering their education and training with resources made available through the Louisiana Sheriff’s Honorary Membership Program. It will be awarded to a graduating high school student living in St. Charles Parish.

Champagne said the scholarship program is “a meaningful expression of our respect for education in the Sheriff’s Office. It demonstrates our confidence in Louisiana’s youth. . . our future leaders.”

Scholarships of a maximum of $500 each will be awarded to graduating high school students from each parish where the Sheriff has participated in the Honorary Membership Program.

There are no restrictions on the purposes for which scholarship funds are spent. The scholarships are not loans and will be awarded as gifts to defray the rising cost of tuition and related expenses in higher education. The only limitations are that applicants be permanent residents of Louisiana; scholarships be utilized in higher education within the state of Louisiana; and students be enrolled as full-time, undergraduate students.

Completed applications must be submitted to the Sheriff of the parish of the applicant’s permanent Louisiana residence by April 1. Further applicants must be eligible for admission to the school indicated on the application.

The award will only be paid for attendance at institutions of higher learning with the State. All scholarship winners will be announced by May 1, 2009.

“Louisiana Sheriff’s are pleased with the program’s ability to bring scholarship to Louisiana students bound for higher education,” Champagne said. “To continue to do so, and fund other important projects and initiatives, continued support of the honorary Membership Program is essential. We could not function without our Honorary Members.”

For further information regarding the scholarship program in St. Charles Parish contact Susie Breaux Gauthier at 985-783-1355.