Submission Requirements

• NO E-MAIL OR MAIL APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
• All materials submitted become the property of Business Professionals of America and may be used as the National Center deems appropriate.
• It is not necessary for a chapter or individual to attend the National Leadership Conference to participate in the program and receive the award, except Merit Scholar.
• DO NOT SEND ANY AWARD APPLICATION(S) AS PART OF ANOTHER APPLICATION. AWARDS MAY NOT BE SUBMITTED WITH TECHNICAL PROJECTS FOR COMPETITIVE EVENTS. EACH AWARD MUST BE SUBMITTED SEPARATELY.
• Applicants may only count activities once in the BPA Cares Award Program, except Service Learning Individual Award and Chapter Activities Award of Excellence.
• Chapters may complete more than one activity to equal the total number of hours/dollars.
• Activity descriptions cannot exceed 500 words in total.
• Sample activities are provided, but not required.
• All activity descriptions must include title, organization benefiting from the project, date project completed, location of the project and description of the project.