As part of our mission to support the GLBT community, LegalOut is proud to  donate a percentage of our profits to the Point Foundation (Point).

Recently Point announced its 2009 Scholar Class. Point Foundation (Point), the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students of merit, announces its 2009 Scholar Class, bringing the total number of individuals supported by the seven and a half year old organization to over 140 individuals.

“We started almost 8 years ago supporting just 8 scholars,” said Point Co-founder Bruce Lindstrom. “I am thrilled of our progress and overwhelmed that we have had the opportunity to have helped nearly 150 students today.

Point received a record-breaking amount of applications this year: 2,463 submitted applications. Over the six month selections process, which includes an online application, submission of supplemental materials, a phone interview and an in-person interview in San Francisco, Point selected the new scholar class and is excited for the valuable contributions this year’s diverse group of 11 undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate Point Scholarship recipients will bring to its Point Scholar community.

“We were impressed by the variety of backgrounds, achievements and accomplishments among the applicant pool, which undoubtedly represents the performance and quality of LGBT students nationwide,” said Scholar Relations & Selections Program Director Vincent Garcia. “Once again, we are pleased with the diverse representation of gender identity and expression, sexual orientation and race and ethnicity among our new scholars and within our entire Point Scholar class.

Additionally, new geographic regions are represented by our new scholars in this scholar class.”

“In the last two years, we have received a number of calls from college admissions officers verifying individuals’ status as a Point Scholarship Finalist in their admissions applications.

This alone speaks to the nature of our highly competitive scholarships and the prestige associated with becoming a Point Scholar,” commented Executive Director & CEO Jorge Valencia. “We are proud of all our scholars and equally proud of those individuals who make it to the finals, representing the top 2% of our nation’s LGBT and straight ally applicants.”

Point Foundation provides financial support, leadership training, mentoring and hope to LGBT individuals who are marginalized because of their sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression. In June 2009, a total of 68 Point Scholars will be enrolled in their respective college or university and 72 Point Alumni will have continued on to pursue their life goals.

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ATLANTA, GA (May 21, 2009) –  LegalOut, a provider of affordable, efficient online legal document preparation tools for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community, has announced that it will donate a percentage of profits from its document preparation membership subscriptions to Point Foundation, a non-profit organization that offers an academic scholarship program for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender college students who are marginalized due to sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

In addition to financial support, Point matches each scholar with a mentor who is a successful professional in fields such as the arts, science, education, business, law, medicine and other humanities.

“We are proud to support Point Foundation,” said LegalOut’s President Lindalisa Severo. “LGBT individuals who are looking to safeguard their wishes by creating legal documents from last will and testament, hospital visitation, healthcare power of attorney, can now protect themselves while supporting future LGBT scholars. What better way to cultivate the next generation of LGBT leaders than to support Point.”

“Point Foundation is honored that LegalOut has chosen our organization as a partner,” states Jorge Valencia, Point’s Executive Director & CEO.  “Their dedication to the LGBT community is unparalleled and their support of Point only proves their continued commitment to our community as a whole.”

LegalOut is a subscription-based online resource center that provides the LGBT community with assistance in preparing legal documents through an online format. Available documents are living wills, domestic partnerships, financial and health care power of attorney, co-parenting agreements, and many others. In addition, the site provides resources to keep members informed, empowered, and protected – connecting LGBT individuals, families and business operators with lawyers who understand the unique needs of the LGBT community.

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