{"id":8909,"date":"2024-02-17T02:42:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T02:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afe.epicenter1.com\/?post_type=resource&p=8909"},"modified":"2025-10-31T18:21:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T18:21:19","slug":"the-james-and-helen-scholarship-fund","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/endowment.org\/es\/resource\/the-james-and-helen-scholarship-fund","title":{"rendered":"The James and Helen Phillip Scholarship Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t \t\t\t
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The James and Helen Phillip Scholarship Fund<\/h1>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n\n

The James and Helen Phillip Scholarship Grant Fund<\/a> <\/strong>was established to honor James and Helen Phillip by providing scholarship assistance to people in need who are interested in careers in the retail and floral design sectors of the floral industry. The Fund was established by a $500,000 donation by their daughter, Lee Phillip Bell, in 2008.  Ms. Bell passed away in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This AFE scholarship fund provides block grants to institutions to distribute to students primarily in the Great Lakes region, however they are also available to other institutions with established floral design programs. The gift is designed to achieve several goals. \u201cThis will go a long way toward helping people in need while creating a pool of trained workers to fill positions in retail flower shops,\u201d said Bell\u2019s nephew, Jim Phillip. \u201cBecause the principal will never be touched, this Fund will leave a perpetual legacy to honor Jim and Helen Phillip \u2014 giving back to an industry which they dearly loved.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be considered to receive a grant from this scholarship fund, the institution must offer a floral design program. Preference will be given to institutions in the Great Lakes Regions.<\/strong><\/strong> Please complete the Application Form by March 1 of each year.<\/strong> Applications will be reviewed and institutions will be notified in June\/July if they have been selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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Use the form below to submit your application by the March 1st deadline each year.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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