I found another scholarship for students to apply for, and this includes those in the 1st through the 12th grades.

Olive Garden is running an essay contest for students in which they are required to write a 50 to 250 word essay. The topic is: “Describe a teacher who has inspired you in school and how they have impacted your life.”.

The grand prize winner will receive a $2500 savings bond and a three-day trip to New York City including dinner at the Olive Garden in Times Square Winners also will be chosen in each grade category and will receive a $500 savings bond and a family dinner at their local Olive Garden restaurant.

Applications deadline is December 11, 2009. To find out more information about this scholarship go here.

Horse Scholarship from the AHF

The Arabian Horse Foundation is offering horse scholarships on the basis of academic ability, financial need, and equine involvement. You have to be a member of AHA to apply.

The American Horse Foundation awarded over $35,500 in youth scholarships in the past two years. Just this month the AHF has established a scholarship in honor of Patrick Swayze, who with his wife owned two Arabian horses. This scholarship will be awarded to a youth, who seeks a career in the performing arts and also is involved with Arabian horses.

To find out more information abut the scholarships being offered by the Arabian Horse Foundation go here.

The Have it Your Way Foundation has given out more than $1 million in scholarships nationwide. The number of awards each year is determined by the number of applicants and the funds available and is awarded in the amount of a $1000 one-time award, and the student is allowed to transfer from one institution to another and retain the award.

Students must be high school seniors with a GPA average of 2.5 or higher, demonstrate participation in community service activities, have financial need, plan to enroll in an accredited 2 or 4-year college/university or vocational/technical school by the fall term of the graduating year. Students can be private, public, or home schooled and do not have to be a Burger King employee, but employees may be eligible for a scholarship.

Created in memory of Burger King co-founder James W. McLamore, the Burger King Scholars Program has awarded a total of 12,720 scholarships representing more than $12.7 million since the program’s inception in 2000.

Scholarship funds come directly from the Have It Your Way Foundation, company-owned and franchise Burger King restaurants throughout the country that host a variety of fundraising activities in order to generate monies for scholarships each year.

To find out more about this unusual scholarship go here.