Harriett's Daughters Inc. 2025 ScholarGift Program
Description
ScholarGifts are monetary awards given to applicants who meet all the eligibility requirements, submit all the additional materials required, and attend a mandatory one-day college preparatory workshop. The complete application package is due on March 14, 2025, 11:59 p.m. EST. Applicants who have submitted a complete application and all the required materials will receive an invitation no later than Friday, March 31, 2025 to attend the one-day college preparatory workshop.
The one-day college preparatory workshop is on Saturday, April 12, 2025. The workshop is a series of sessions that will focus on the following topics:
Health and Wellness
Financial Literacy
Career Building
Relationships
Academic Coaching
And more!
After completing the college preparatory workshop, applicants will be invited to attend our ScholarShower scheduled for Saturday, June 7, 2025. The shower is an opportunity to celebrate each applicant's educational accomplishments and support them as they transition into their next phase of life. During the shower, applicants will receive their ScholarGift and college care packages.
NOTE: Attendance at the college preparatory workshop and an acceptance letter from the college/university that you plan to attend in the fall semester/quarter of 2025 are required to attend the ScholarShower.
Harriett’s Daughters, Inc. is honored to grant ScholarGifts to young women in their senior year of high school, who have lost their mother to cancer or whose mother has an end-stage cancer diagnosis, and aspire to pursue higher education in the upcoming 2025-2026 academic year.
Selection Process
This is a noncompetitive application, but ScholarGifts will be awarded to applicants who meet all the eligibility requirements and submit all of the additional requirements.
Eligibility:
Greater Atlanta resident (Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, Rockdale Counties, and the city of Atlanta)
Young woman in her senior year of high school
Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 on a 4.00 scale
Mother has a end-stage cancer diagnosis, or has died from cancer
Additional Requirements:
Two letters of recommendation (both letters must be written on official letterhead and signed)
Submit an essay/personal statement
Submit a one-minute video introduction of yourself
Official academic transcript
Attend a one-day college preparatory workshop
Our Mission
To support, inspire, and empower girls who have lost their mother to cancer or whose mother has an end-stage cancer diagnosis.
Our Vision
To make a positive impact in the lives of girls at every stage of the grief process, while fostering hope for a fulfilling future.
Our Approach
Harriett's Daughters is the soft landing for girls who have lost their mother to cancer or whose mother has an end-stage cancer diagnosis. Our goal is to provide consultation and family support services, mentoring programs, scholargifts, and research-based programs for school-aged girls in the Greater Atlanta area. We largely focus on supporting girls through their grieving and mourning process, inspiring girls to pursue their ambitions, and empowering girls to dream and make choices that will propel them into a fulfilling future.