Joe Marchesi Construction Industry Scholarship Information

The Illinois Valley Contractors Association is continuing its Joe Marchesi Construction Industry Scholarship program.  Each year, up to three, non-renewable, $500.00 scholarships are awarded per academic year to be used for educational expenses while attending any accredited college. 

Applicants must be actively enrolled in an accredited college pursuing a course of study leading to a degree which could help advance the Illinois Valley Construction Industry, be associated with the Illinois Valley Construction Industry as an employee, spouse or child of a contributing contractor, or an employee, spouse or child of the Association or Industry Fund, or be a member or employee, their spouse or child, of a participating local union, and have maintained a scholastic average of B-.  

The Trustees of the Illinois Valley Construction Industry Advancement Fund will make the selection at the Fall semester from a pool of all qualifying applicants.

Applications may be obtained by calling (815) 223-0561, stopping by the Illinois Valley Contractors Association located at 1120 First Street, La Salle, IL or from a participating local union office or from this web site by clicking on the link below.  The application from this web site is in PDF format which requires “Adobe Acrobat Reader” software (now at version 8.0) installed on your computer in order to view and print it.  If you do not have this software, you can download a free copy at www.adobe.com.

Deadline for returning the applications for the 2008-2009 academic year is
  Friday, August 24^th, 2007.  

Pictured above is Nicholas Navarro (Center) one this year's Illinois Valley Contractors Association scholarship recipients; with Mickey Ruiz, President (Left) and Dennis Dougherty, Executive Director. Kazimir Kubinski & Jordan Polezoes were unable to attend.