Welcome to the Staff Sergeant Alvin P. Carey, Private John C. Ewing, and Blacksmith Henry W.B. Mechlin Medal of Honor Scholarship and Ligonier Medal of Honor Project website.
2025 Scholarship Application Now Open
The link for the application for the 2025 Staff Sergeant Alvin P. Carey, Private John C. Ewing, and Blacksmith Henry W.B. Mechlin Medal of Honor Scholarship is available on the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies website at the link below.
https://cfalleghenies.org/scholarships/
The qualifications and criteria for the scholarship can be found at https://careyscholarship.org/scholarship-qualifications-and-criteria/.
Please be advised the universal application used by the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies contains several questions regarding family income and employment. You must complete these questions but please be advised that Carey Scholarship Selection Committee does not consider family income.
The deadline to apply for the scholarship is Friday, March 7, 2025.
Please contact Ms. Hannah Ernest, CFA Scholarships Administrator, at hernest@cfalleghnies.org or call/text 814-399-4583 if you have any questions or problems with the online application.
Please contact Lieutenant Colonel Craig Minnick, U.S. Army (Retired), scholarship founder, at careyscholarship@gmail.com if you have any questions about scholarship eligibility, qualifications or criteria or want to learn more about the scholarship.
2024 Recipient of the Staff Sergeant Alvin P. Carey, Private John C. Ewing, and Blacksmith Henry W.B. Mechlin Medal of Honor Scholarship
