Aroostook Aspirations Initiative

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Aroostook Aspirations Initiative

The Aroostook Aspirations Initiative provides financial, educational, and career choice support to graduating seniors in Aroostook County, Maine. b.

Our Plan for Success
The Five Elements

1. The First Element of our Plan is the The Gauvin County Scholarship Fund
a. We will provide a $1,000 scholarship to a graduating senior in select high schools in The County (please see our website for eligibility details)
b. These scholarships will be given to students who plan to attend one of the 4 colleges in Aroostook County or Thomas College in Wate

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c. Its priority will be first-generation & economically disadvantaged college students
Our 10-year goal is
a. To be able to give more than 100 scholarships to students in the county for multiple years of their college career
b. To raise an endowment of $5,000,000 to fund these scholarships

This is NOT just a scholarship fund…

2. The Second Element is our Annual Aspirational weekend
We will hold an annual aspirational weekend to
a. Work with the students on areas such as financial literacy, self-confidence, goal-setting, job application, etc. Provide business leaders who will speak with the students regarding job availability in The County and attest to the fact that our youth can stay in Aroostook and be successful
c. Help students who are interested learn about entrepreneurial skills and what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur
d. Complete a service project in Aroostook County at the end of each of these weekends

3. Summer Internships is the Third Element
a. We will create summer internships for the students to help them understand the career they are pursuing, meet others in that profession, created experiential opportunity, and network with potential employers/co-workers/employees
4. An Entrepreneurial Program is the 4th Element
a. We will host an entrepreneurial program for our older graduates to encourage and help those who want to become entrepreneurs gain skills and knowledge that will help them stay in Aroostook County
5. We will hold an Annual Gala as our Fifth Element to showcase and celebrate our scholarship recipients, educational personnel, and school districts

08/10/2022

Another beautiful thank you card from one of our 2022 Gauvin scholars. We love getting these! We wish the very best to all our new scholars who will be starting college classes for the first time in just a few short weeks 🥳🥳 such an exciting time! ❤️

07/12/2022

We LOVE getting thank you cards from our scholars! It makes us feel warm and fuzzy 🥰 ❤️

06/20/2022

We are so excited to announce our 2022 Gauvin Scholars! 🎉🎉👩🏻‍🎓🧑‍🎓🥳🥳

From the top row, left to right: Delaney Little (Hodgdon), Thomas O’Meara (Caribou), Libby Kinney (Presque Isle), Liberty Fulton (Central Aroostook), Carson Cole (Washburn)

Middle row, left to right: Maggee Currie (Easton), Whitley Green (Caribou), Olivia Blackstone (Central Aroostook), Chandler Cole (Washburn)

Bottom row, left to right: Haley Johnston (Washburn), Kaden Arnett (Easton), Eva Callioras (Fort Fairfield), and Renee LaPointe (Van Buren)

Congratulations to all of you, and welcome to our family! We are so happy to have you! Stay tuned for our summer newsletter which will feature all the 2022 scholars in July! 🥳❤️❤️👏👏👏👏

06/09/2022

We will be announcing our 2022 Gauvin Scholars next week!!! Stay tuned!!! 😎❤️🥳🥳🥳

04/05/2022

DEADLINE for 2022 Gauvin Scholarship application is April 29! 👌

We in the process of searching for our 2022 Gauvin Scholars! If you're a senior graduating from a school in Aroostook County and you want to attend college in Aroostook (or Thomas College in Waterville), we have funding available to help you pay for classes.

Click here for eligibility details and to apply:
https://aroostookaspirations.org/apply-now/
Please feel free to like and share this with your graduating seniors!

Online applications for high school students graduating this year will be available on this site beginning February 15th. All applications must be postmarked or submitted electronically by April 29th to be eligible.

03/10/2022

Announcement! We in the process of searching for our 2022 Gauvin Scholars! If you're a senior graduating from a school in Aroostook County and you want to attend college in Aroostook (or Thomas College in Waterville), we have funding available to help you! Better be quick, because the deadline to apply is April 29. Click here for eligibility details and to apply:

https://aroostookaspirations.org/apply-now/

Please feel free to like and share this with your graduating seniors!

02/02/2022

We are looking for our 2022 Gauvin Scholars!! If you know a high school senior graduating from Aroostook County and interested in attending college in the County (or Thomas College in Waterville), please let them know that we have funding available for them!

We are accepting scholarship applications from February 14-April 29. For eligibility details and to apply, visit us at https://aroostookaspirations.org/apply/

We're looking forward to growing our family of scholars! 🥳

12/30/2021

2022 is almost here!! We checked in with our first-year students and their first semester went very well. They are thriving, making the Dean's list, working part time jobs and getting involved in campus life. We are SO proud of all their accomplishments. Have you had a chance to help them yet this year? If not, visit us at www.aroostookaspirations.org today to give your gift! But hurry, 2021 is almost over!

From all of us at AAI, we wish you a joyous, safe and healthy New Year! 🥳🥳🥳

12/09/2021

You may recall seeing one of our original Gauvin Scholars featured in our holiday letter that went out last month. Abbey Clair is one of many Aroostook County youth that were worried about how to pay for college, but thanks to YOUR support, she was able to pursue her bachelor's degree at UMPI and then continue to earn a Master's after that! 👏👏👏🙌🙌

Abbey now works at Northern Light A.R. Gould hospital, loves being a mom and is raising her family right here in Aroostook. What can we do today to continue helping move Aroostook youth forward and helping them become leaders? 🤔

Please consider visiting us at https://aroostookaspirations.org/ and making a donation today to support their aspirations! Thank you in advance for your generosity this holiday season ⛄️

11/02/2021

We've been busy helping our 2021 Gauvin Scholars successfully navigate their very first semester of college! We met with them virtually this past week to discuss their community service projects for spring 2022 😊 They will be visiting their old high schools to speak with this year's seniors about what college is like and what kind of scholarships are available to them! If you have a senior this year, please let them know about our scholarship if they are looking to stay in Aroostook County to further their education!

08/30/2021

We want to wish everyone a very happy first day of classes for Fall 2021! Be safe, and have a productive and enlightening semester! 😄❤🙏

Address

181 Main Street
Presque Isle, ME
04769

Telephone

+12077689418

Website

http://gauvinfund.org/

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