

Objective To financially support GASC's junior membership in their continued education and support of their interests. Description GASC will designate $1,000 each year towards the Jr. Sponsorship Fund and will award funding to up to five (5) juniors each year. GASC reserves the right to adjust the pay-out amount on an annual basis, depending on the needs of our juniors and available funding. Criteria 1)Who is Eligible? a) Junior members or the children of GASC's adult members. b) Juniors must be a dependent and living at home or a full-time student and returning home at the end of each school year. c) Applicant and/or their families must be members of GASC during the year of pay-out. Age The age of the junior applying shall be between 12 & 21 and will be determined by their age as of January 1 of the year they are requesting sponsorship. Requirements Juniors and/or their families are required to work one GASC function in the year they apply. Applicant and/or their families must be members of GASC during the year they work. Application Juniors & their families must fill out and submit the application for sponsorship and submit to GASC's President by the designated due date. Applicants will be required to submit a biography (no more than one page), as well as a statement of their financial needs/projected fees. Due Date Applications must be received by GASC's President no later than October 1st the first year the sponsorship fund is implemented (2005) and November 1st every year thereafter. Requests received will be for the following calendar year (January 1 through December 31). Review Process A committee consisting of GASC's President and four other non applying members will review the applications received and will determine which applicants will receive funding for the following calendar year. Notification The recipients of our Jr. Sponsorship Fund will be announced at our annual Christmas party. If those recipients are not present, they will be notified after the function by phone or e-mail. Pay Out Process GASC will hold the sponsorship funding until the fees need to be paid. Pay-out may be made in one of two ways: a) Families must provide a receipt for the money spent for reimbursement to be made directly to the member. b) A copy of a bill will be submitted to GASC and a check written directly to the facility/person requesting payment. |

| Junior Sponsorship Program |

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