TBO.com - TBO is Tampa Bay Online

Sunday's Goal Is To Help People Afford College

ADVERTISEMENT

By KLINT LOWRY, The Suncoast News

Published: February 19, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY - It's one of the great Catch-22s of modern American life - if you want to get ahead, you need education, but how can the people who need it most afford the high cost of college?

As anyone who has applied for financial aid can attest, the process can make you feel like you need an advanced degree in Applied Bureaucracy.

To that end, Pasco-Hernando Community College will be among 50 sites participating in the statewide College Goal Sunday event at 2 to 4 p.m. this weekend.
College Goal Sunday was created by the Indiana Student Financial Aid Association. It received funding from the Lilly Endowment and supplemental support from the Lumina Foundation for Education, both based in Indianapolis.
College Goal Sunday is designed to help cut through some of the red tape for low-income and first-generation-in-college students and help them apply for financial aid.

PHCC financial aid advisers will be available to help college-bound students and their families complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid form. The event will be at the New Port Richey campus in rooms C-205 and D-104.

The same will be done at the PHCC Brooksville campus, 11415 Ponce De Leon Blvd., in the McKethan Library, Room C-127; and at the Dade City campus, 36727 Blanton Road, Room A-240.

Those interested in applying for college financial aid must bring tax and income information for 2007, photo ID, Social Security card and proof of legal residency status. Spanish interpreters will be available during the event at all campus locations.

A $500 scholarship drawing will be held at each campus for students who attend the event.

For information, visit www. fldoe.org/collegegoalsunday or call 1-877-879-7422.

Share this:

Loading Comments...

Email Print

ADVERTISEMENT