MOULTRIE, Ga. — Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, Inc., has joined with the Georgia Community Action Association in announcing the availability of a $2,500 scholarship to be awarded on a statewide basis to a Georgia resident who is currently attending a post-secondary institution or has been accepted at such an educational institution.

The individual must be income eligible in accordance with the Community Services Block Grant guidelines and be successfully judged a winner in an essay writing competition. The essay is to be titled “What the Community Action Movement Has Meant to My Community.”

The Georgia Community Action Association is a professional association composed of 20 member agencies from across the state, one of which is Southwest Georgia Community Action Council, Inc., headquartered in Moultrie.

The closing date for this scholarship is noon May 31.

For further information and essay guidelines, contact Ann Hires at (229) 985-3610.