The S.F./Bay Area Nikkei Singles of the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California will present one scholarship for $ 1,500 to a graduating high school senior or post-secondary education student. Applicants must also be member of a single-parent home.

Students must be planning to continue their education at an institute of higher learning or in a business or vocational college during the 2010-2011 school year.

The JCCCNC will use academic talent, social and community affiliation and financial need as its criteria for awarding the scholarship.

The deadline for applications is Oct. 31, 2010.

For more information, contact: S.F./ Bay Area Nikkei Singles of JCCCNC Scholarship Committee, C/O Bill Sakai, Chair, 316 Creekside Dr., Palo Alto or (650) 493-2406.