Scholarship
Programs & Grants
The Society funds a graduate scholarship in the Geoscience's Department at
the University of Arizona and provides a scholarship for the Boys and Girls
Club of Tucson. Tucson Gem and Mineral Society grants have supported the mineral
collections at the University of Arizona Mineral Museum, and the Arizona-Sonora
Desert Museum on an annual basis for over 40 years.
Adopt-a-Family
At Christmas time each year the Society adopts a needy family through "New
Beginnings for Women and Children" in Tucson.
SARSEF
Science Fair
The Tucson Gem and Mineral Society, Inc. is one of the "Newton"
level sponsors of the Southern Arizona Regional Science and Engineering Fair
held each March in Tucson. In addition to that sponsorship, members from the
Tucson Gem and Mineral Society, Inc. participate as judges at the Fair and
award four outstanding science projects in the area of Earth Sciences with
one-year honorary family memberships in Tucson Gem and Mineral Society, Inc.
plus a gift packet. Semifinalists from the SARSEF fair later compete for the
title of "America's Top Young Scientist of the Year."
