2025 Vinton County National Bank (VCNB)

Acorn Award Scholarship

Scholarship Overview:

VCNB wishes to recognize local high school seniors in our market area (OHHS) who possess our bank’s core values. Students will be evaluated on the VCNB values of Integrity, Leadership, Progress, Relationships, and Community.  Each December and April, one student from each local school with eligible entries will be featured on our social media and eligible for a prize ($500 Visa Gift Card) based on social media followers’ participation.  A final overall scholarship winner will be awarded a $5,000 scholarship from the pool of monthly featured students. This decision will be made by a panel of VCNB employee judges and announced in May 2025.

Eligibility:

Current high school seniors who live in or attend high school in one of the following counties; Fairfield, Franklin, Hocking, Jackson, Licking, Pickaway, Ross, and Vinton.  Homeschool seniors are eligible if they reside in the aforementioned counties.

You do not need to be a VCNB account holder to be eligible.  Winning students are responsible for tax implications for prize money awarded. Entries must be received by November 15 or March 15 to be eligible for the corresponding semester contest. All eligible applications received between September 1, 2024 and March 15, 2025 will be considered for the $5,000 scholarship. 

An eligible entry is one in which a fully answered application is received within the stated time frames by a high school senior in the VCNB eight county market area.

Only one application will be accepted per applicant regardless of when the application is submitted. Applicants will only be eligible for social media prize within the semester they apply but all applicants will be eligible for overall scholarship.

For more information and to apply, please visit: https://www.vcnbfamily.bank/Why-VCNB/Scholarship-Application.

 Deadlines: November 15 or March 15 to be eligible for the corresponding semester contest. All eligible applications received between September 1, 2024 and March 15, 2025 will be considered for the $5,000 scholarship.