2012 Scholarship Opportunites

Download the 2012 LAFRA scholarship application

There are three opportunities for dependents of firefighters to get financial assistance for continuing their education: The LAFRA scholarship, the LAFD Merit scholarship and the Los Angeles Firemen's Credit Union scholarship.

The Los Angeles Firemen's Relief Association established the Scholarship Awards Program in 1996 for all eligible dependents of active and retired Relief Association members. The Relief is proud to grant financial assistance to students who exemplify academic and personal achievements. Each year your Relief Association awards college scholarships to the children of deserving members. These include:

Interested applicants, please read the following information carefully and complete all the following criteria.

Qualifications:

1. 2011 LAFRA Scholarship Winners Marissa Reiner Kelley Encinas Matthew Royce Camello Paige Tabing Michael Bush 2010 LAFRA Scholarship Winners Jacqeline Gutierrez Alec Arana Christina Henzgen Andreya VanBuren Shannon Gomez Brianna Ledesma 2009 LAFRA Scholarship Winners Jessica Reiner Madeline Cassanova Brittney Eugenio Kurtis Horimoto Anne Marie Kawai

   You must be a current high school senior with proof of current attendance (copy of report card). Report card must be submitted with application.
2. You must be of good character and citizenship in and out of school.
3. You must be a financial dependent of a LAFRA member.
4. Scholarship winners must be a full time attendee at a two- or four-year school or a trade or vocational school.

Upon receiving completed applications and verifying eligibility, students will be invited to participate in an essay. (The exact date of the exam is to be determined.) The essay exam will be the only event that the student will need to attend in person. there will be no make up dates.

The application must be filled out in its entirety.

Deadline for submission must be in the LAFRA office by
April 13, 2012. No post dated mail accepted.

Send completed applications to:
Los Angeles Firemen's Relief Association
Scholarship Awards Program
815 Colorado Blvd, 4th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90041

Questions? Email scholarship@lafra.org.

Other scholarship opportunities

LAFD Merit Scholarship

The LAFD Scholarship Fund selects a group of Merit Scholars from among applicants that are a) dependent children or step-children of active or fallen LAFD sworn employees who have completed probation and b) high school seniors or college freshmen who will be enrolled as full-time students in an accredited college or university in the upcoming academic year starting next fall.

The Merit Scholar Awards are cash grants of up to $20,000 ($5,000 per year while the student continues to be enrolled and making normal progress toward a college degree). Runners-up receive one-time grants of $2,500. Download the application at lafd.org/scholarship. The deadline for applications is March 30, 2012. For more information, please contact June Andrade at the LAFD Scholarship Fund by phone at (213) 840-0469 or e-mail june.andrade@lacity.org.

About the LAFRA Scholarships

The Leo K. Najarian Memorial Scholarship, is named after a well-respected and distinguished firefighter who provided nearly 38 years of service to the LAFD and was instrumental in establishing the LAFRA Scholarship Program. He was a nationally recognized pioneer in the field of Hazmatology and was the first elected retired Trustee to serve on the Los Angeles Firemen's Relief Association Board for 18 years until his death.

The Memorial Scholarship Award is awarded to a dependent of a Relief Association member who passed away while serving as an active Los Angeles City Fire Department member.

The Bill Goss Scholarship Award, enacted in 2008, is in honor of the dedication and uncompromised commitment he gave as Deputy Chief to the "fire service family." Goss first served as a Relief Association Trustee, and later President, from 1945-1951. He returned to the Board in 1999, and served until his death in 2009. During his prestigious career with the LAFD, he held the ranks of Fireman, Auto Fireman, Captain, Battalion Chief and was as the youngest Deputy Chief to date.