NORTH COAST, Calif. – Mendo Lake Credit Union (MLCU) is accepting applications for its annual Arlene Colombini Scholarship.

Applications are due by 5:30 pm. Friday, April 8.

Winners will be announced at each school’s senior awards night. MLCU Student Achievement Award honorees will also be announced at that time.
 
MLCU will award four $1,000 scholarships.

Named for MLCU’s original founding member, Arlene Colombini, the scholarship is available to all Lake and Mendocino graduating high school seniors and to college students currently enrolled with a minimum of 12 units at Woodland Community College's Lake County campus in Clearlake or Mendocino College and earning a minimum 3.0 grade point average.
 
The scholarship application, criteria and guidelines are available online at https://www.mlcu.org/community/mlcu-scholarships-and-educational-programs/mlcu/#sthash.xCEZ9YuF.dpuf .
 
Additionally, MLCU offers the MLCU Student Achievement Awards to honor outstanding high school seniors from the two counties.

Chosen by their high school staff, students at each of the schools are selected on the basis of scholastics, sense of responsibility, community service and leadership.

Each student selected for the award receives a certificate and an honorarium in the amount of $50.

Taking an active role in supporting Lake and Mendocino counties’ students, MLCU also sponsors the Mendocino College Foundation Scholarship Program (including Adopt-A-Fifth-Grader) and the Lake County Office of Education "Every Student Succeeds" Awards Program.
 
For additional information on these and other MLCU programs, contact Jamey Gill, director of Marketing and Community Outreach, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 707-467-4809.
 
Mendo Lake Credit Union is a member-owned financial cooperative and has been serving members’ financial needs since 1959. MLCU branches are located in Lakeport, Clearlake, Fort Bragg and Ukiah.