Scholarships available for the class of 2025

Copper Shores Community Health Foundation has released its 2025 scholarship offerings, including a renewable $5,000 educational scholarship for four students. Copper Shores will also award six students with scholarships for career and technical education, and six students with donor-designated scholarships. Applications are due by February 28, 2025.

In total, Copper Shores will award scholarships to 16 students across Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon County. Applications are open to students graduating in 2025 from Baraga, Calumet, Chassell, Dollar Bay-Tamarack City, Ewen-Trout Creek, Hancock, Horizons, Houghton, Jeffers, Lake Linden-Hubbell, L’Anse and Ontonagon high schools.

Copper Shores 2025 Scholarship Offerings

Copper Shores Educational Scholarship - Four $5,000 awards (renewable for up to $20,000)

Four $5,000 scholarships are being offered for the upcoming 2025-2026 academic year. These scholarships are renewable for up to three additional consecutive years ($20,000 total) for undergraduate education providing the student maintains eligibility. The student must plan on attending a public college or university in Michigan.

Copper Shores/KEDA Scholarship - Six $2,000 awards

In partnership with Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance, six $2,000 scholarships are available as one-time awards to be expended in the 2025-2026 academic year for students pursuing a certificate or associate degree in the skilled trades or career technical education program.

Kirkish Educational Scholarship - Two $2,500 awards

Copper Shores will award two $2,500 scholarships, available as one-time awards to be expended in the 2025-2026 academic year, to assist the recipients in covering educational costs at a post-secondary school of their choosing.

Kirkish Congregational Scholarship - Two $2,500 awards

Two $2,500 scholarships are available for graduating high school students and currently-enrolled college students as one-time awards to be expended in the 2025-2026 academic year. At the donor’s request, the students must be congregation members of St. Ignatius Loyola and/or St. Albert the Great churches in Houghton.

McIntyre Family Scholarship - Two $2,000 awards

Copper Shores will award two $2,000 scholarships to graduating seniors from Ontonagon High School. The scholarship is a one-time award to be expended in the 2025-2026 academic year in the skilled trades or career and technical education program.

Apply

Applications must be postmarked, emailed or delivered to Copper Shores Mission Support no later than Friday, February 28, 2025.

Email:

info@coppershores.org

Or, mail to:

400 Quincy Street, 5th Floor

P.O Box 299

Hancock, MI 49930

To find more information on applications and eligibility requirements for Copper Shores’ scholarship offerings, visit coppershores.org/scholarships.