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00:00The American Legion Post 462 is giving away $1,000 scholarships for students who need some extra funds for their school years in 2025.
00:08Star City News spoke with past commander of Post 492 Jill Wabel about who qualifies.
00:13Anyone who is a student and a member of our Legion family, so that would be anyone that would be a Legionnaire, Auxiliary or Sons of the American Legion,
00:23are eligible for the scholarship and they would need to be a member at Post 492 to be eligible for this specific scholarship.
00:32Post 492 is giving away two scholarships per spring and fall semester. Anyone interested would have to join the Legion.
00:38To be able to join, you just need to be a veteran yourself or if your mother, father, grandfather, grandmother,
00:46if any of those individuals have had military service, you're able to join the American Legion.
00:52This is Jill Wabel's favorite time of the year. The Post has been giving out scholarships now for over 30 years
00:57and seeing the applications that come in and what these kids want to achieve means the world to the Post.
01:01And we just feel fortunate that from within our small post that this is something that we've been able to do on an ongoing process.
01:10This $1,000 scholarship doesn't just have to go to tuition. The Legion Post wants to stress that it can be used for anything that the student needs while in school.
01:18Star City News spoke with one of the winners, Kate Lewis, off camera. Her dad belongs to the Legion.
01:22She won the scholarship application six times during her span in school.
01:26Kate was able to use it for books and a variety of other things for schooling.
01:29Jill is proud of the work that the American Legion Post 492 is able to do for these students who need their help and is excited for what 2025 brings in.
01:37Several of the individuals that have received scholarships, they're grateful that it's able to take some of the additional pressure off.
01:44Anything that they may need financial help with.
01:47For more information on how to apply to the Post scholarship, visit StarCityTV.com.
01:52Madison Diehl, Star City News, Lafayette.