District Lodge Pennsylvania No. 9 offers bi-annual adult and youth scholarships.

YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS

District Lodge Pennsylvania No. 9 is offering its annual YOUTH Language Camp Scholarship to
Concordia's Swedish Language Village for summer 2027. It is open to all youth members and children or
grandchildren of adult members of your Lodge (or Direct District #9 members) between the ages of 8 and
18. The sponsoring District #9 Vasa member must have been a member for two years as of the application
deadline.

The 2027 Youth Scholarship is generously being sponsored by Nobel-Monitor No 130 based in
Cleveland, Ohio.

Concordia Language Villages is offering two-week immersion camp sessions with full room and board.
This year ages 8-14 runs 7/19/27-7/31//27. Ages 11-18 also have a session 8/2/27-8/14/27. District #9 is
offering to pay this entire tuition for one 2-week camp session (currently $2895), OR apply that amount
toward the more expensive high school credit session of either 2 or 4 weeks. Should the student opt for
the school credit session, their family will be responsible for any difference. The scholarship tuition will
be paid directly to Concordia Language Villages. In addition, with receipts, we will reimburse the
successful candidate up to $500 toward travel expenses.

Interested applicants are advised to visit www.concordialanguagevillages.org for updates and further
information including any additional experiences on offer.

2027 Application Form and additional information required from each applicant

The application should be printed and scanned (PDF or JPEG) and sent via email to the
Scholarship Committee Chair, Marit Knollmueller at mrk20901@gmail.com with any supporting
materials by February 28, 2027. Note this is the same deadline as the Vasa Grand Lodge scholarship
application. You will be notified of the committee’s decision within 2 weeks.

ADULT SCHOLARSHIPS

District #9 offers a scholarship for adult members of its lodges or direct district members in good standing for at least 2 years. This award reimburses up to $3000 toward a research or enrichment program which may be at the Sjölunden Concordia Language Village, Vasa Archives or an individually designed proposal. It is the expectation of the scholarship committee that the successful applicant will demonstrate in their essay ways in which the experience will not only benefit the member but also their lodge or district.

The adult scholarship is awarded in even-numbered years, so the next scholarship will be for 2028.