Camp Roy-El Scholarship Endowment

The Camp Roy-El Scholarship Endowment supports annual scholarship awards to college junior and seniors completing undergraduate degrees at Michigan based colleges and universities. Applicants must be pursuing a profession dedicated to working with persons with disabilities and maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA. Possible fields may include allied health, nursing, medicine, occupational therapy and physical therapy or students in social work and education.

Camp Roy-El was established in 1952 by Roy and Ellen Brigman primarily to provide a camping experience for the many youngsters who had just gone through a polio epidemic and who had limitations in what they could do. The Brigmans, 12 polio survivors, two campers with cerebral palsy and one with a heart defect, camped in tents at the Hickory Hills ski area and cooked all of their meals on open fires. In the 40 years of Camp Roy-El, hundreds of campers and Teenaiders worked and played together with the help of countless staff members. Camp Roy-El closed following the summer session of 1991, as its original aims and purposes had been met. [READ MORE]

SCHOLARSHIP REQUIREMENTS:

• Available to juniors and seniors (full or part-time students), currently completing undergraduate degrees at Michigan based colleges and universities.
• Must maintain a 2.5 GPA.
• Applicants must be working toward a profession dedicated to working with persons with disabilities. Possible fields may include allied health, nursing, medicine, occupational therapy and physical therapy or students in social work and special education. (Previous applicants are eligible to apply again).
• Copies of unofficial college transcripts must be submitted as part of the application.

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