2025 Scholarship Application
The Petaluma Woman’s Club has long made education one of its primary concerns. Since 1949 PWC has awarded scholarships for post-secondary education—two-year community colleges, four-year colleges and universities or vocational training schools.
This year PWC is offering five $1000 scholarships to young women who will graduate from a Petaluma public, private or alternative high school— Petaluma High School, Casa Grande High School, St. Vincent’s High School, San Antonio, Carpe Diem, Sonoma Mountain, Valley Oaks or Headwaters Academy.
Scholarship applicants are to submit two documents:
- a completed 2025 Scholarship Application
- a letter of recommendation by a person who knows you well but is not a member of your family.
How to submit your application:
- Read these instructions thoroughly.
- Click HERE to download the 2025 Scholarship Application form. If you do not have Microsoft Word, you can upload the .doc into your Google drive through New>File Upload.
- Complete the application. Do not include any pictures or other content except for the text of your answer.
- Attach the completed application into an email with subject line “PWC Scholarship”.
- Attach your letter of recommendation to your email.
- Send the email to scholarship@petalumawomansclub.com.
When we have received your application and letter of recommendation we will email you a confirmation.
Email scholarship@petalumawomansclub.com with questions or concerns.
Applications must be submitted by February 1, 2025. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.
All scholarship applicants will be notified in March 2025. Scholarship recipients and their parents will be invited to our Scholarship Awards Luncheon held on Thursday, April 10, 2025 and recipients will be recognized at our Thursday April 17, 2025 PWC dinner meeting.
The Scholarship Committee rates the candidates objectively on their accomplishments, their career goals, their desire to give back or make a contribution to the community, their country, and/or the world, their track record of community involvement and their financial needs.
Scholarships are awarded through the Petaluma Woman’s Club Foundation, Inc. a 501(c)3 California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation.