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BWSF Scholar Challenge

By accepting a scholarship award from the Blue White Scholarship Foundation, the scholarship recipient agrees to make a non-binding pledge to return the good favor  of the scholarship award and "Pay It Forward" to another BWSF scholarship recipient at some time in the future. 
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Our Scholarship Foundation has started a tradition of holding an annual Franklin Pledge ceremony where our newest scholarship recipients make a non-binding pledge to "Pay It Forward".

Pledge History

The genius of Benjamin Franklin inspired volunteer firehouses, free libraries, institutions of higher learning, and most importantly-- the "Pay It Forward" Pledge.
 
The Pledge originated when Benjamin Webb, a friend of Franklin's, asked Franklin to loan him money. Franklin declined to lend him the money - rather he offered to give Webb the needed funds, but under one condition--that Webb had to "Pay it Forward" and help a future person in need.
 
In Franklin's honor and memory, BSWF includes the Pledge to instill in our scholarship recipients a tradition of giving to others in need, in a similar way as they are helped.
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