The BVA Auxiliary (BVAA) Scholarship Committee has reinstated the Renee Feldman Scholarship Program. BVAA awards three scholarships per academic year, two for $2,000 and one for $1,500 made in two installments, fall and spring. Applicants must be a spouse or a generational child (child, grandchild, great-grandchild) of a blinded veteran who is or has been a BVA member.

Renee Feldman, for whom the program is named, was herself a World War II U.S. Army veteran, serving as a Staff Sergeant at European Theater of Operations Headquarters from 1943-45, stationed in Salisbury, England, and Rheims, France. Married to World War II blinded veteran Leon Feldman, a BVA member, Renee was one of a handful of founding members of the BVA Auxiliary in 1977. She passed away in 2012 at age 100.   

The Feldman scholarship is open to full-time students (12 hours or more) in an accredited vocational and/or technical school, community college, college, or university. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that the required transcripts, documents, 300-word essay, and letters of reference reach Committee Chair Debbie Frick by May 1, 2025. Important information and application materials are available on the BVAA page on the BVA website. For additional information, contact Debbie Frick directly at (325) 234-4550 or at dsfrick71@gmail.com.