1. The Hal Rogers Endowment Fund HREF
Kin Canada Bursaries

2. Ask about kids – grandkids – nephews, nieces
Ask about kids – grandkids – nephews, nieces. Who here wants a bursary because they are currently in school?

3. Who Are We? Over $1,000,000 in bursaries donated!!
Established in 1994, we are one of the largest non-corporate providers of bursaries in Canada
1000 Students – 1000 Stories – $1000 at a time
Over $1,000,000 in bursaries donated!!
Each year, $1,000 bursaries are awarded to successful Canadian applicants who are pursuing post-secondary education at a recognized university, community college, technical institute and other schools for advanced education.

4. Our Board (pictures of all coming)
Denea Parker
Edwin Herrenschmidt
Eli Rizk
Eric Wilson
Palma Champoux
Allyson Palaschuk
We also have dozens of HREF Ambassadors who will are able to help – this includes past HREF trustees, service directors, current and past national presidents, the current executive and many members inside our kin family who have sons or daughters who have received bursaries.

5. Bursary Application Process
Select a chairperson for your club
All resources the chairperson will need are on the Kin Canada Website
Plan your selection committee
By December 1st - get applications out to as many local schools as possible
By February 1st - applications due to clubs
Clubs review and endorse applicants
By March 1st – submit to National
Promotion of the HREF program works – please note the following case study:

6. Case Study – Promoting HREF in the community
Carol Van Rooy – Public Relations for Elgin St. Thomas Kinettes
Promotion Ideas:
HREF Committee Formed
Visited the 5 high schools in the area, talked with guidance counsellors there to encourage application submission
Wait for application submissions to come in and then committee selects their best candidate for the award and submits to HQ.
After being notified that they won, they reached out to the local newspapers.
Give the papers everything they need. Press release, photos, etc. All articles were self-submitted, no reporter visited or came out. Free local papers
If Karen is around – can we get her to say a few words and answer 2 or 3 questions. Also ask here how clubs who do promote now do the promotion activities.

8. HREF “Press Kit” Available
For everyone who signed up and provided their contact information, we will be ing out some ‘tools of the trade’ for public relations.
Please make sure to write down your contact information clearly so we can get information to you. This needs to be done by the end of the presentation.

9. Applicant Selection Eligibility Selection
Canadian Resident or landed immigrant
Plan to register in the coming school year, at a recognized institution
Has not previously received a bursary from HREF

10. Applicant Selection Additional factors Financial Need
Active in their school/community
Demonstrate commitment and compassion
Kin knowledge/experience
Consideration put into completing application (completeness, neatness, etc…)
Future Plans

11. What’s changed with the form?
Form is now online as a fillable PDF via Kin Canada Website under Bursaries -> Apply
Applications are now to be scanned and ed to (no more paper copies)

12. Old Form

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15. Notifying Successful applicants
To the CLUB:
To the APPLICANT:
Phone call from a trustee to notify you directly that your applicant has been chosen
Letter and information package to follow in the coming weeks
Clubs who are not successful will also receive a letter to notify their applicants to try again next year if they are eligible
Club notifies the applicant
Clubs can be very creative in notifying their applicant
Ceremony
Invite to a meeting
Invite to an upcoming event
Be creative!
A few things to remember
Reality is that there are more submissions than applications – often by a factor of 3 to 1. So having a completed application for submission greatly increases your chances of having your applicant win a bursary. An organized approach to receiving submissions and scoring works well
A preferred bursary is no guarantee of an awarded bursary in the following year. If the application does not score high enough on the first round, no bursary will be awarded

16. The Impact of $1000

17. District 2 – Brandon Kinsmen and Kinettes – Kennedy DeBeer

18. District 2 – Flin Flon Kinettes – Kiele Kittle

19. District 4 – Medicine Hat Kinsmen – Amy Hollingsworth

21. $1000 – An investment in their future, and ours
Thanks to your club donations, since 1995, over 1,000 students across Canada have been given over $1,000,000 in support to follow their dreams. You have made it possible for students to overcome personal and financial barriers to reach for the stars.  

22. $1000 – Club Investment
An investment in HREF is an investment in our national bursary program to help students across the country. Individuals that win these bursaries are:
Well Educated
Active volunteers and community driven
Familiar with our organization
Leadership material
These are the people we want in our clubs! Membership is important – having the right members, even more so.
In life there are no guarantees – but if a student has done the leg work and knows our organization, may in some cases have a parent who is already in Kin, why wouldn’t we want these people and why wouldn’t they join?
Candidates for Club Membership!

23. 2015 Data Does not include, books, accommodations, transportation etc)
Cost of education for one year of undergraduate schooling in Canada is $5959
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24. 2017 Data Does not include, books, accommodations, transportation etc)
Cost of education for one year of undergraduate schooling in Canada was $6201 for 2016 and is $6373 for 2017
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25. How We Award Bursaries
Kin Canada Bursaries depends on financial support from clubs and is proportional to donations received in the previous year
Each bursary is $1000

26. Fundraising for HREF – Team Exercise
What are some fundraising ideas in past that can be used for HREF?
4 Groups, One in Each Corner
Share notes.

27. HREF Kin Creative Learning Spirit Award
(working title on the plaque)
Award will go to the most creative ways that fundraising is done for HREF

28. Stuck for Ideas Still?!?

29. Donation Incentives
For those clubs that can donate $2500 in current Kin year (July – June), they are allowed to submit an additional bursary application in the next kin year
This additional application, if it passes the first round of scoring, will be awarded a bursary.
How do I increase my chances of getting a bursary awarded?

30. Let Students Know We’re Here to Help!
Bursary guide is available to help with the submissions process – it’s valuable to give the clubs some ideas around how to form a committee, some great ideas around promoting locally and other helpful pointers.

31. The Hal Rogers Endowment Fund (HREF)
Question & Answer

32. Thank you!