What Do You Meme, Scholly Partner for Spring Scholarship Program

Following its pledge to provide 1 million meals to Feeding America, the What Do You Meme team is setting its sights on another issue: student debt.

The game company partnered with the Scholly app to offer a total of $30,000 in scholarships to high school seniors and undergraduate college students.

“What Do You Meme may look like we’re all fun and games, but as a team of forward thinkers and creatives, we know the critical importance of education. With so many of our friends and customers confronting the challenge of student debt in the wake of COVID-19, we have decided to partner with Scholly to do our part to help,” the What Do You Meme team said in a statement.

The scholarship application will ask students to provide a short-form essay on the value of a joke.

In 300 words or less, applicants must share a joke that resonates with them and explain why they believe that the joke is great.

Applications for scholarships will be accepted through Friday, June 26 via this link.

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James Zahn, AKA The Rock Father, is Editor-in-Chief of The Toy Book, a Senior Editor at The Toy Insider and The Pop Insider, and Editor of The Toy Report, The Toy Book‘s weekly industry newsletter. As a pop culture and toy industry expert, Zahn has appeared as a panelist and guest at events including Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC) Wizard World Chicago, and the ASTRA Marketplace & Academy. Zahn has more than 30 years of experience in the entertainment, retail, and publishing industries, and is frequently called upon to offer expert commentary for publications such as Forbes, Marketwatch, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, the Washington Post, and more. James has appeared on History Channel’s Modern Marvels, was interviewed by Larry King and Anderson Cooper, and has been seen on Yahoo! Finance, CNN, CNBC, FOX Business, NBC, ABC, CBS, WGN, The CW, and more. Zahn joined the Adventure Media & Events family in 2016, initially serving as a member of the Parent Advisory Board after penning articles for the Netflix Stream Team, Fandango Family, PBS KIDS, Sprout Parents (now Universal Kids), PopSugar, and Chicago Parent. He eventually joined the company full time as a Senior Editor and moved up the ranks to Deputy Editor and Editor-in-Chief.