About the B'nai B'rith Great Lakes College Scholarship Program

The B’nai B’rith Great Lakes Region is pleased to announce open enrollment for its College Scholarship Program for high school students who will be entering college in the fall of 2020. We anticipate awarding three or four scholarships for the 2020-21 academic year in the amount of $2,500 each. It is our goal that these scholarships will inspire the honorees to pay our gift forward after graduation by serving as leaders in their communities and as ambassadors for the B’nai B’rith Great Lake Region’s College Scholarship program.

Candidates will be judged by many factors including financial need, academic achievement, their record of community service, extra-curricular activities as well as other attributes. To be eligible candidates must:

• Reside in Michigan.
• Submit a completed B’nai B’rith Great Lakes Region (BBGLR) College Scholarship Application including the following required documents by the April 27, 2020 deadline. Please send in ALL of the required paper work to be fully considered for the scholarship:
  • ​First two pages of the Parent’s/Guardian’s 2019 (2018 if they have not filed 2019 yet) Federal Income Tax Form 1040.
  • Most current High School transcript.
  • ACT and/or SAT transcript.
• The top five candidates must be available to attend a personal interview with the BBGLR’s College Scholarship Selection Committee during the beginning of May.
• The successful candidates are expected to attend the B’nai B’rith Great Lakes Region’s annual Golf Classic Dinner Banquet on Monday, June 1, 2020 at Tam O’Shanter Country Club in West Bloomfield, Michigan, where they will be honored.

Applications may be downloaded here or by calling the BBGLR office at 248-646-3100. A candidate’s completed application should be mailed to the BBGLR office addressed as follows:
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B’nai B’rith Great Lakes Region
Attention:  College Scholarship Selection Committee
P.O. Box 250696
West Bloomfield, MI 48325
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If you have questions concerning the BBGLR’s new College Scholarship Program, please feel free to contact our office at 248-646-3100 or forward your question to us from our website. We encourage individuals or businesses who are interested in partnering with our College Scholarship Program to perhaps endow a special scholarship or to simply make a contribution to contact us at 248-646-3100 to discuss the vast array of possibilities.

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Download the 2020/2021 College Scholarship Program Application
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Contact Us

B'nai B'rith Great Lakes Region
P.O. Box 250696
West Bloomfield, MI 48325
Telephone: 248-646-3100
Email: greatlakes@bnaibrith.org 
Peter A. Perlman, Regional Director
pperlman@bnaibrith.org

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About B'nai B'rith

B'nai B'rith International has advocated for global Jewry and championed the cause of human rights since 1843.

B'nai B'rith in Michigan

B'nai B'rith's Great Lakes Region covers Michigan, Fort Wayne, Ind., and Toledo, Ohio. Most of the current activity is centered in the Metro-Detroit area, home to active units and lodges, sports leagues, as well as programs and projects conceived in the regional office.

B’nai B’rith’s history in Michigan goes back to the formation of the Pisgah Lodge in 1857. Pisgah was B’nai B’rith’s 34th lodge in the United States.

College Scholarship Oversight Committee

Lila Zorn: President, Great Lakes Region
David Lubin: Member
​Stuart Novick: Member
Sid Roth: Member
Rick Sherline: Member
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