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
Jr. Sponsorship Information & Form
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We have some good news to share with our families with kids 12-21 in
their household.  GASC will implement a new sponsorship program in 2006.  
Applications for 2006 pay-out must be submitted by October 18, 2007  
(see details below).  The application will be available on our website. If you do
not have access to the internet, please contact Flo McDaniel, 618-537-2462, or
Diane Bettis, 636-451-3001 to receive a copy by U.S. mail.
                                           Read on for details.
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Becky McDaniel & Bret
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