Candlelighters’ Bursaries
School attendance plays a tremendously important role in a child’s life – healthy or not. Although school is usually associated with the learning of basic subjects, in reality it offers a great deal more.
From a practical perspective, school presents the child/youth with perhaps the most important opportunity to learn social interaction skills and symbolically it represents the future.
The needs of a child with cancer are no different than other children. However, school can play a number of additional roles, including:
- Maintaining normalcy in their lives despite the ongoing and difficult struggle with cancer and its effects
- Giving a degree of control over life and the changes brought on by cancer, its treatment and its long-term effects
- Providing a venue for emotional and social development
- Providing the intellectual interaction necessary for fullest recovery from cancer
Many families face a huge financial burden when dealing with childhood cancers as often one parent stops working to spend time with and care for their child.
Having a part‐time job to save money for post secondary education is often not an option for a teen dealing with cancer either. The future can indeed look dim, especially when youth are potentially well enough to pursue a higher education but do not have adequate access to the necessary funds, primarily for reasons beyond their control.
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Support Program Inc. is dedicated to making education accessible. Part of that commitment includes the Ottawa Senators Alumni Bursary, that will ease the financial requirements of post-secondary education.
Ottawa Senators Alumni Bursary
Candlelighters is very pleased to offer a bursary in the amount of $1,000.00 to a Candlelighters’ member (meeting the eligibility criteria) in their academic pursuits of post-secondary education. Application deadlines are March 31st of each year; the applications are avaiable online through the link below or through the Candlelighters office.
Click here to download the Ottawa Senators Alumni Bursary Application Form
