Christopher D. Redding Youth Asthma Foundation Scholarship

The Christopher D. Redding Youth Asthma Foundation is a nonprofit charitable organization with the mission of educating, advocating, and providing services for youth and families that are affected by a life which includes asthmatic conditions. The focus of the foundation is to lessen the adverse health effects on asthmatic children and young adults that are involved in athletics. As a part of our foundational charter, the Christopher D. Redding Youth Asthma Foundation seeks to award annual scholarships to qualified high school seniors who are student-athletes and who have a medically-documented diagnosis of asthma. Scholarship applications are made available to assist with college education expenses for those students that have been confirmed to attend a two-year community college or a four-year college or university as a full-time student the following Fall. Scholarship award recipients will receive an award no less than $2,000.00.

Eligibility Requirements
- High school senior graduating by June of the current school year.
- You participate in (a minimum of one) high school sport activities.
- You have been involved in charitable activities such as community service or volunteer work.
- You can provide documented evidence of an asthma medical condition by a medical professional.
- Permanent residence in one of the following Chicagoland counties: Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane, Kankakee, McHenry, or Will.

Application Instructions
The student scholarship application packet must contain all of the following:
- The attached two page application form completed by the student.
- A letter of recommendation from a high school athletic director or coach.
- A letter of recommendation from the staff member of a community service organization, such as a religious institution, charitable or nonprofit organization, which documents the volunteer service activities of the student.
- An official high school transcript which includes credits and grades for seven semesters. Please note that the transcript must have an official seal and signature.
- A signed physician’s letter which documents the students diagnosed case of asthma.
- A typed and double spaced essay of approximately 1 pages: “The Impact of Asthma on My Life.”