Official Rules for Kohl’s Cares® Scholarship
Program
Eligibility
No purchase necessary. Students eligible for nomination (“Students”) for the Kohl’s Cares Scholarship Program
(“Program”) must be legal residents of the United States. Students must be between the ages of 6 and 18 as of
March 15, 2015, and not yet a high school graduate. Each Student must be nominated by someone age 21 years
or older. Parents may nominate their own children. Associates of Kohl’s Department Stores, Inc. (“Kohl’s”) and/or
Associates’ immediate family members are not eligible as Students under the Program, but Associates and
Associates’ immediate family members may nominate Students who are not members of their household.
“Immediate family members” is defined as parents, stepparents, children, stepchildren, siblings, stepsiblings, or
spouses, regardless of where they live. “Household members” is defined as people who share the same residence
at least three months a year, regardless of whether they are related. Employees of Scholarship America and its
respective affiliates may not participate as a Student or nominator in this Program. Students who were prior Kohl’s
Cares regional or national scholarship recipients are not eligible.
Nominations
The nomination form can be accessed at kohls.scholarshipamerica.org beginning January 30, 2015.Forms must be
completed, signed electronically (by typing name) and submitted no later than 11:59 pm CT, March 13, 2015, by a
nominator who is 21 years or older. One nomination form must be submitted per Student. Nomination forms
containing multiple names will not be accepted. One nominator may nominate multiple Students by submitting a
separate nomination form for each Student. Each form must contain a unique email address for the Student being
nominated. It is very important that the student’s email address be entered correctly. All sections of the nomination
form must be completed. Kohl’s and Scholarship America welcome URLs to Student volunteer websites, but the
URLs will not be accessed or considered in the selection process.
Nominations should describe how the Student has contributed to the community in a meaningful way by performing
volunteer services that helped people who are NOT related to the Student. The primary volunteer activity must
have occurred within the last 12 months (March 16, 2014 – March 13, 2015). Financial need or academic
performance will not be considered in the review and selection of winners.
Kohl’s and Scholarship America shall not be responsible for incomplete or late nomination forms. Additional
information about a Student and/or documentation may be requested by Kohl’s or Scholarship America. To remain
eligible, parent or guardian must provide all reasonably requested documentation and information upon Kohl’s or
Scholarship America’s request. All nominations and other submitted information become the property of Kohl’s and
Scholarship America and will not be returned.
See below to learn more about the nomination process.
Awards
Nominations will be separated into two age groups: ages 6-12 and ages 13-18. Winners are chosen based on the
benefits and outcomes of their volunteer service. Kohl’s will award approximately 2,300 local winners, 180 regional
winners and 10 national winners; half of all winners to each age group. Each local winner will receive a $50 Kohl’s
Gift Card. Each regional winner will receive a $1,000 scholarship and each national winner will receive a $10,000
scholarship for higher education. Kohl’s will also donate $1,000 to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization on behalf of
each of the ten national winners.
There is a limit of one award per household per year. Taxes on awards of any kind are the sole responsibility
of the recipient.
Notification
All winners will be notified in June 2015. Nonrecipients will not be notified. All nominators will be notified when
the winners are posted online.
Recipients Claiming Scholarships
All recipients will be required to sign and submit an electronic Publicity Release/Acceptance Form as a condition of
receiving a gift card and/or scholarship. Payment of the scholarship award is subject to the recipient enrolling full
time in an undergraduate program at an accredited two-year or four-year college, university or vocational/technical
school located in the U.S. (a “Qualifying Institution”). Scholarship awards must be used in their entirety within
two years after high school graduation. All scholarship recipients may be subject to a criminal background
check.
Scholarship Information
Scholarship awards must be used for educational expenses at a Qualifying Institution. These expenses may
include tuition, fees, room and board, books and supplies, transportation and other miscellaneous education-related
expenses. Scholarships will be paid in one installment in August, upon enrollment; the check will be mailed to the
recipient and will be payable to the recipient’s Qualifying Institution.
Awards are one time only and are not renewable. No substitutions or transfers are permitted.
Nomination Form and Process
Start by clicking the Log in/Register link located on the nomination landing page. Nominator will need to read and
agree to Kohl’s online Privacy Policy and register as a nominator. During the nomination process, nominator will be
able to leave the site by clicking Save and the Logout button located on any nomination page. To return, nominator
must enter the username and password entered when registering for the nomination account.
Correspondence to nominators will be via email only, so email account should be checked regularly. Nominator
must provide a valid email address that accepts bulk email. To ensure delivery of messages, add
kohls@scholarshipamerica.org to email contacts/address book or safe sender list.
Nominators may wish to gather the following information before beginning the nomination process:
• Student information: Including full name, age (as of March 15, 2015), date of birth, complete address,
phone number(s), current email address of the student, current school and address, expected high school
graduation month and year. This information will be used to verify the Student’s eligibility at several points
in the review process, so be sure the information is accurate. Entering an incorrect age, date of birth, or
other inaccurate information, may disqualify the Student.
• Parent/Guardian information: Name, phone and email.
• Primary volunteer activity information: Including type and purpose of activity, Student’s involvement for
the past 12 months, hours invested, any items collected or money raised, number of people affected,
outcome of the project and general project description.
• Other volunteer service information: Student’s involvement in other volunteer activities for the past 12
months, including hours invested.
• Nominators are solely responsible for submitting in English all information necessary for the nomination
process. Nominations found to be incomplete as of the nomination deadline will not be processed.
Nominations will not be accepted by fax, mail or email. No email attachments are allowed.
All information submitted is considered confidential and is reviewed only by Scholarship America, Kohl’s partner in
managing the Kohl’s Cares Scholarship Program. Information about selected Students will be provided to Kohl’s
for purposes of eligibility verification, publicity and recipient communication.
Carefully review the nomination before submission. All sections must be completed and entered in the format
described in order to electronically submit the form. Standard capitalization must be used when entering data.
Once the nomination is submitted, your nomination will be closed and no revisions can be made. The nomination
must be submitted electronically by 11:59 pm CT, March 13, 2015. A confirmation email will be sent once you’ve
submitted your nomination.
Additional Terms
By participating, the nominators and Students agree:
1. to these Official Rules and all decisions of Kohl’s and Scholarship America, which shall be final in all
respects;
2. to the use of their names, photos, likenesses, video, and/or images in any media, including without
limitation on the Internet and in social media, for advertising, promotional and publicity purposes in relation
to this program without prior written consent or compensation, where legal and subject to a signed Publicity
Release/Acceptance Form; and
3. to release, discharge and hold harmless Kohl’s, Scholarship America and their respective subsidiaries,
affiliates, officers, directors, and employees, from any and all claims or damages arising out of, in any way,
their participation in this program.
4. Kohl’s reserves the right to cancel, suspend or extend the Kohl’s Cares Scholarship Program at any time,
with or without notice. Scholarship America and Kohl’s reserve the right to interpret these rules and to
make all decisions concerning the award, acceptance, and use of scholarships in situations not covered by
these rules.
Questions?
Email: kohls@scholarshipamerica.org
Call: 319-688-4336
Mail: Kohl’s Cares® Scholarship Program
c/o Scholarship America
327 2nd Street, Suite 103
Coralville, IA 52241
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