The Greater Metro Detroit Lions Club and Lions Hearing Center of Michigan have teamed up together to start the Love-Peel Scholarship Fund for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students.

Lion Deborah Love-Peel has been a lion for over 17 years. She has worked with a number of organizations that support Deaf and Hard of Hearing people. Her passion for the past 19 years has been to create a unique scholarship opportunity for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. She is aware of the needs of Deaf and Hard of Hearing young people. She encourages Deaf and Hard of Hearing young people to reach for higher education, but also realizes the challenges they face especially in the reading and comprehension arena. Deaf and hard of hearing students face unique challenges as they attend the college, trade school or University of their choice. Deborah’s dedication and advocacy to this scholarship is fueled by the fact that she has a daughter who is deaf. Her daughter’s personal challenge has reading been reading comprehension.

The goal of this scholarship is not only to award students extra finances to attend college but to assist and encourage them while in college to succeed in the goals they set for themselves.

This scholarship is new and the criteria will be posted soon on the website. There were 2 small scholarship awarded in 2010 and 2 scholarship or more a year will be awarded starting in 2011.

Lion Love-Peel creates partnerships with organizations to establish support processes for the students who receive these scholarships as they navigate the higher learning institutions of their choice.

We need your help as fellow Lions, community leaders and business owners. Please go back to your clubs and organizations, places of employment and help us raise the consciousness and funds we need to have a successful scholarship.

Click this link to download the 2011 Scholoarship Pledge Sheet or if you are interested in applying for a scholarship click this link to download the 2011 Scholarship Application.