Seven hundred children of active duty, retired, National Guard and Reserve military commissary customers were awarded a $2000 grant for college.

Three of those scholarship recipients are local students. Nicholas S. Dombrowski, sponsored by Mark Dombrowski; Jasmine M. Barry, sponsored by Justin Barry; and Naomi I Shultz, sponsored by Hyang Shultz were all awarded a $2000 scholarship.

The grants were received as part of the Scholarships for Military Children program.

The program recognizes the contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force and celebrates the commissary’s role in enhancing military quality of life. It is administered by Fisher House Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides assistance to service members and their families.

Over 4800 students applied for the grant which is not funded through government dollars. DeCA’s industry partners — vendors, manufacturers, brokers and suppliers — as well as the general public donate money to fund the program, and every dollar donated goes directly to funding the scholarships.

The number of scholarship awards each year is based on funds available, but the program awards at least $2,000 at each military commissary. If there are no eligible applicants from a given commissary, the funds designated for that commissary are awarded as an additional scholarship at a different store.

The list of this year’s winners is available at https://www.militaryscholar.org/sfmc/winners17.html.

To be eligible to apply for a scholarship, a student must be a dependent, unmarried child, younger than 21 — or 23, if already enrolled as a full-time student at a college or university — of a service member on active duty, reservist, guardsman, retiree or survivor of a military member who died while on active duty or survivor of a retiree. Applicants should ensure that they, as well as their sponsor, are enrolled in the DEERS database and have a current military ID card.