By submitting this Scholarship Application to Bottles4College, or the "organization," I/we, the Applicant and Parent(s)/Legal Guardian(s), agree, understand, and give consent to the following:
1. Applicant applying for this scholarship must have full parental/guardian consent and approval to apply.
2. Consent to contact Applicant’s school and any other affiliations, and employer of applicable individuals for income verification indicated in the application for verification process.
3. Consent for Applicant and parent/guardians to be contacted by Bottles4College for additional questions and verifications. Applicant must be reachable via email and or phone from Bottles4College duration of the application and awarding processes, whenever necessary. Failure to be able to maintain timely communication may automatically disqualify Applicant at the sole discretion and decision of Bottles4College.
4. Consent for public and promotional use of video essay submitted and awardee if selected and waiver of liability for public media use. No compensation now or future shall arise from usage of materials submitted, including but not limited to Applicant and any others' voice, images, creative expressions, and so on.
5. Awarded Scholarship funds must be applied toward Applicant's 4 year college tuition. Payment of the scholarship fund will be made directly to the receiving educational institution from Bottles4College. The funding will not in anyway be redirected to the recipient personally and all transactions for the scholarship funding will be made with the recipient's appropriate educational institution. The Bottles4College Scholarship will only be implemented after all of the recipient's other grants, scholarships, financial aid, etc. is put forth. If unforeseen situations shall arise where the Applicant is unable to accept the awarded funds or if there is any scholarship funding left over after the recipient has achieved a Bachelor's degree, the scholarship shall be passed onto the next deserving student at the organization's sole discretion and decision.
6. Bottles4College holds the unilateral right to revoke the scholarship awarding to any selected recipient at any time. Based of severity of misconduct, the awardee may have to pay Bottles4College back the scholarship funding they had been awarded up to that point. At this time, an appeal is not offered to any revoked scholarships in order to continue awarding eligible students in good standing.
7. Applicant shall follow up with Bottles4College summer of 2027 and provide an updated video interview regarding their first year in college. Waiver of liability and media release consent also applies for materials related to this submission.
8. Scholarship agreement to be further detailed in Scholarship Agreement when final awardee is selected.
9. Confidentiality notice: All financial documentations shall not be shared with any unauthorized third party and shall only be reviewed by Bottles4College and its affiliates for the purpose of this 2026 Bottles4College Scholarship.
10. Bottles4College Aloha rule: Bottles4College perpetuate the true spirit of Aloha. This scholarship application and selection process is set up to ensure unbiased selection of the Final Awardees. While only select Applicant(s) will be the final awardee of the scholarship this year, we ask that everyone to be proud and hold the highest standard and ethics of integrity, respect, and utmost Aloha for one another and the final winners. This is not a competition nor bias based scholarship, so we appreciate everyone's understanding and pono.