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We are partners with the California Dollars for Scholars Central Valley Project.

Dollars for Scholars is a national network of community-based, volunteer-led, nonprofit scholarship groups which provide academic support and financial aid to local students.

Simply put, Dollars for Scholars is time-tested vehicle for maximizing the benefits of and managing either a new or an existing scholarship program.

The Dollars for Scholars movement began in 1958 in Fall River, Mass., when Dr. Irving Fradkin, a local optometrist, proposed that if every person in town gave just $1, the community would create a sizeable scholarship fund for its students.

The idea quickly spread, and today, Dollars for Scholars is the flagship programs of Scholarship America, whose scholarship programs to date have awarded more than $911 million to nearly 850,000 students.

The first California Dollars for Scholars community-based chapters were founded over 20 years ago. Today there are Dollars for Scholars chapters throughout the state, and the number is growing.

Dollars for Scholars scholarship recipients have access to a national network of Collegiate Partner colleges and universities which pledge to maximize the value of our chapters' scholarships.

Dollars for Scholars is growing and vital national citizens' movement for education. More than just money, it provides hope for the future for young people and communities all across America.

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