{"id":34537,"date":"2013-10-04T15:30:12","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T19:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=34537"},"modified":"2013-10-04T15:32:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T19:32:06","slug":"ronald-mcdonald-house-charities%c2%aeasia-scholarship-program-now-accepting-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=34537","title":{"rendered":"RONALD McDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES\u00ae\/ASIA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM  NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ronald McDonald House Charities New York Tri-State Area (RMHC-NYTSA) is proud to announce that the 2014 RMHC\/ASIA (Asian Students Increasing Achievement) Scholarship Program is now accepting applications at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmhcnytristate.org\">www.rmhcnytristate.org<\/a>. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The largest scholarship of its kind, the RMHC\/ASIA Scholarship Program awards six students of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage from the New York Tri-State area up to $17,000 for their undergraduate studies. Now in its fourteenth year, the program has awarded over $1.3 million to date. The application deadline for the 2014 RMHC\/ASIA Scholarship Program is January 21, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The RMHC\/ASIA Scholarship Program is a multi-year scholarship that awards six students $5,000 for their freshman year, followed by $4,000 for each of the three following consecutive years for a total of $17,000 as long as they meet a required minimum GPA. The scholarships are distributed based on demonstrated academic achievement, financial need and community involvement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During these difficult economic times, Ronald McDonald House Charities New York Tri-State Area is incredibly proud to sponsor one of the leading scholarships in the Asian-American community,&#8221; said Christopher Perry, Executive Director of RMHC-NYTSA. \u201cThe RMHC\/ASIA Scholarship Program distinguishes itself by not only selecting some of the best and brightest students, but also in selecting students who are inspiring positive change in their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ronald McDonald House Charities New York Tri-State Area (RMHC-NYTSA) is proud to announce that the 2014 RMHC\/ASIA (Asian Students Increasing Achievement) Scholarship Program is now accepting applications at www.rmhcnytristate.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-up-to-date-news-on-everything-asian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34537"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34541,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34537\/revisions\/34541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}