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FORT LEE, Va. The Feb. 17 deadline to apply to the Scholarships for Military Children program, administered by the nonprofit Fisher House Foundation, http://www.fisherhouse.org, is quickly approaching.
A total of 500 scholarship grants, each for $2,000, will be awarded for the 2021-22 school year with at least one recipient selected at every commissary location where qualified applications are received. Additional recipients will be selected based on a prorated basis, so more applicants will be selected from those commissaries with larger numbers of applicants.
âAs of Feb. 2, there had been just over 1,400 completed applications submitted, but from experience, we anticipate somewhere near 5,000 by the deadline,â Marshall Banks, Fisher House Foundation community liaison, said.
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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are settling into their new home at the White House. Vice President Kamala Harris, however, had to delay her move to Number One Observatory Circle, the traditional residence for veeps on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory.
Reports emerged this week that Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff are staying at Blair House temporarily while the 19th century vice president’s residence undergoes repairs. Once the maintenance is completed, they will be the eighth vice presidential family to live at the historic mansion.
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The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) has announced two new members to its advisory board with the appointments of Mark Elliott, global head of military and veterans affairs for JPMorgan Chase IVMF’s founding partner and Ken Fisher, co-managing partner of Fisher Brothers. Elliott will work with Daniel A. D’Aniello ’68, cofounder and chairman of the Carlyle Group, and replaces former JPMorgan Chase executive David Owen as IVMF Board co-chair.
“As we proudly welcome Mark and Ken to the IVMF Advisory Board, we thank David Owen for his tireless service and dedication,” says Vice Chancellor J. Michael Haynie, the IVMF’s executive director and founder. “Mark’s appointment speaks to the continued longtime support of our founding partner, JP Morgan Chase. His leadership of the firm’s military and veteran affairs division ideally positions him to help further elevate IVMF’s influence and impact in the veteran support ecosystem. And Ken’s
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In the latest Around Town column, news about the first baby of 2021 born at Stanford, a Palo Alto firefighter continuing his mission to raise awareness of suicides among first responders and a new housing project coming to the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System.
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SLIDESHOW: Jaden Ramos was the first infant born at Lucile Packard Children s Hospital Stanford on Jan. 1. Courtesy Stanford Children s Health.
Leigh Santiago and Andrew Ramos welcomed their first child, Jalen Ramos, on Jan. 1. Courtesy Stanford Children s Health.