The Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department offers scholarships to certain people for their programming. Here are the qualifying factors:

- The person cannot be over the age of 18.

- The person must qualify for free lunches and free books at school, according to federal guidelines.

- The person may register for one activity per year, costing, at most, $50.

- The scholarship can only be used for program registration fees.

Contact the department at 427-6000 or see www.fortwayneparks.org for more information.