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Match.com offering scholarships to kids whose parents met online

Marci Bass, from left, Jim Bass, Noah Hambleton, 14, and Lindsay Bass, 7, share a moment at their home in Johns Creek. Noah was one of the five finalists last year in the first-ever MatchMade Scholarship Contest, in which students were asked to submit a short video retelling their parents’ love story in a creative way. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
Marci Bass, from left, Jim Bass, Noah Hambleton, 14, and Lindsay Bass, 7, share a moment at their home in Johns Creek. Noah was one of the five finalists last year in the first-ever MatchMade Scholarship Contest, in which students were asked to submit a short video retelling their parents’ love story in a creative way. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
By Gracie Bonds Staples
Aug 14, 2015

Match.com is taking application for its annual MatchMade Scholarship Contest, a $50,000 program open to kids of parents who met on the popular dating site.

Match will accept submissions through Aug. 17. In early September, the public will choose the winner by voting for their favorite video on www.MatchMade.com. At the end of September, the winner will be awarded a $50,000 college scholarship.

Fourteen-year-old Noah Hambleton of Johns Creek, Ga., was a finalist in last year's contest.

The MatchMade Scholarship contest is open to students between the ages of 5-20 whose parents met or remarried through Match.com. To enter, students must submit a short, 1-2 minute video at www.MatchMade.com retelling their parents' Match love story in a creative way. It can be funny, sweet, emotional or all three.

The most important thing is that they capture everything that’s special about how their parents met on Match.com and the effect it’s had on their life.

About the Author

Gracie Bonds Staples is a freelance writer for AJC.

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