Name
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First Name
Last Name
Email Address
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Story Title
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Getting To Know You
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What city do you currently live in? Are you married,divorced, widowed? Have any children and how old? Are you currently attending a 2-year or 4-yr college/university, trade school, tech or a vocational program? Or have you already graduated and from where & when? What do you currently do for a living? Career path? Where would you like to see yourself in the future?
Are you a survivor of physical or emotional abuse? If yes, are you in counseling/therapy and for how long? Do you go to counseling? If you have children, are they also in counseling? Have you been living away from the abuser?
Do you believe that all our Blessons Scholarship Award recipients who are survivors of abuse should be required to participate in a mentorship program through any non-profit organization that specializes in victims of domestic abuse or is already been in part of a program prior to applying for a Blessons Scholarship in order to accept the award?
Are you a first-generation female immigrant in the United States (first in your immediate family to be born in the US)? Do you take care of any family members or contribute to your household financially? Are you financially independent? Did you take advantage of any resources such as scholarships/grants, that supported first-generation female immigrants in completing their higher education? Or were there any available? Please explain.
Have you had your higher education put on hold/interrupted due to challenging life lessons such as cancer, mental illness/disorders (including depression, anxiety, PTSD, eating disorders, etc.), emotional or physical abuse, or a first- generation female immigrant, while in enrolled in college, trade school, tech or vocational program? Please explain: What is or was your continuing education experience like? Did you attend right after high school as a traditional college student (under 25) or as a non-traditional student (25 and older)? If you graduated, how long did it take you to graduate? How many colleges or programs have you enrolled in so far on your journey toward completing your higher education?
Have you ever applied and/or been qualified or denied through FAFSA for any grants, student loans and/or any scholarships? Please explain in detail whether your answer is yes or no. List all awards you have accepted.
How do you stay positive, especially after everything you've been through? Is there a woman or women that you look up to? Do you relate to the Blessons mission of empowering women through education, and finding the blessings buried within challenging life lessons?
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What advice would you give to women who may have overcome challenges similar to your own (Blessons Stories) when it comes to self-care and the importance of your mental health? (Examples: Are there any other outlets you use and/or recommend for the wellbeing of your mental health? Adopt an active and healthy lifestyle? Become a volunteer?)
Are you interested in becoming a What’s Your BS mentor? If yes, we’ll contact you to learn more!
If not self-employed, does your employer provide an employee donation matching gift program and/or employee volunteer grants to the charity of the employee's choice?
Are you a business owner today or in the process of starting your own one day? Tell us about it and how you would like to see your business give back to women in our community. Any fun facts about yourself? Fun tidbits? Things that get you EMPOWERED & pumped up! :)
If requested, are you able to provide Blessons a minimum of two photos (including any that are school related such as graduation photo if available, a picture of your business or anything that expresses where you are in your life today professionally and one personally) to be featured with your Blessons Story on our website?
As part of our free mentorship services through our "What's Your BS?" movement, in addition to readers commenting on your blog post through our website, would you like the women who read your story to be able to connect with via Email? Social media: Instagram handle? Twitter handle? Facebook? Linkedin? SnapChat? Other? If yes, please list your contact info and social media handles that you would like to share as a Mentor.
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By submitting a “What’s Your BS?-A Women's Blessons Story, I further grant Blessons, NFP the right to allow promotional materials that include my interview and photos to be embeddable by the public via organizational emails, social media, YouTube or other online video or photo services. I release all rights to Blessons NFP in sharing my “What’s Your Blessons Story?” and may edit, modify, and distribute the interview given and all elements of such interview, including, without limitation, the names, likenesses, voices and actions of any persons or locations embodied therein, in all media now known or not currently known, throughout Blessons NFP networks in perpetuity without compensation, permission or notification to entrant or any third party.
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