AHBAI Offering $5,000 in Cosmetology Scholarships

Beauty school students can earn a cosmetology scholarship from the AHBAI Fred Luster, Sr. Education Foundation. Scholarships will be awarded in $250 amounts for a total of $3,000 awarded.

To be eligible for a scholarship, students must have an 85 percent or higher average in school and must have completed a minimum of 300 hours. Extracurricular activities, attendance records and previous competitions/awards will also be taken into consideration.

In 1991 AHBAI established the Fred Luster, Sr. Education foundation in honor of the late Fred Luster, Sr. who was a founding board member of AHBAI and founder of the Chicago-based Luster Products, Inc. To date, the foundation has awarded nearly $670,000 in scholarships.

Applications must be postmarked by November 30, 2012. Download the Fred Luster, Sr. Education Foundation Cosmetology Scholarship application here.