Camping Scholarship

The 2024 scholarship application period is now closed.
Call 800-234-5222 with any questions.

LCBA offers a Camping Scholarship (“Scholarship”) to enhance childhood development with physical, mental, social and/or scholastic opportunities.
Ten Scholarships of $200 each will be awarded annually by lottery.

Applicant must:

Be a benefit member or Agency member (“Member”), or be the natural or legally adopted greatgrandchild, grandchild, or child of a Member. The certificate supporting the Scholarship applicant’s eligibility must be active on the May 1st deadline.
Be least 5 years old and no older than 17 years old on the May 1st deadline.

Applications will be accepted annually starting February 1. If February 1 falls on a weekend, then the start date will be the next business day.
Mailed Scholarship applications shall be sent to PO Box 13005, Erie, PA 16514, and must be postmarked no later than the deadline of May 1st and received on or before May 8th.
Emailed Scholarship applications shall be sent to scholarships@lcbalife.org at or before 11:59:59PM(ET) on the deadline of May 1st.
Online Scholarship applications shall submitted at or before 11:59:59PM(ET) on the deadline of May 1st.

LCBA’s Camping Scholarship application is available online at www.lcbalife.org or may be obtained by calling LCBA at 1.800.234.5222
An applicant, who is not a Member, but is eligible on the application deadline, shall remain eligible for the Scholarship lottery if the Member dies after the application deadline and on or before the lottery date provided the guidelines and application deadline are met.
LCBA will screen Scholarship applications to determine if the eligibility requirements have been met.
Scholarship recipients will be notified by June 1st . The names of Scholarship recipients will be published in LCBA’s Direction magazine.
LCBA will send Scholarship payments, not to exceed $200, directly to the camp selected by the Scholarship recipient

A camp may be recreational, nature, sports, or special interest oriented.
The Scholarship shall only be applied towards cost of a camp’s registration or enrollment fee and must be used in the calendar year in which it was awarded.
An extension of time to use the Scholarship may be approved, at the sole discretion of LCBA, based on case by case circumstances provided the written extension request is received prior to the year-end expiration.
A waiver of liability must be signed before funds are released.

Every member who applies for a Scholarship online at www.lcbalife.org will receive one additional entry.
Each applicant will get an additional entry for each current benefit member (parent, grandparent, great-grandparent) with an active LCBA certificate listed on the application.

There are no refunds or direct payment to the Scholarship recipient for any Scholarship amount not applied to the school’s tuition or enrollment fee.
LCBA reserves the right to modify, suspend or terminate this program without prior notice.