Bob - why can't you just give away a scholarship in your own name? Whatever you were going to donate to the QVSA, couldn't you just give on your own behalf? Hell, there's scholarships out there for $500 - I believe you exceed that by quite a bit, anyway.

The selection could simply be the same person the QVSA chooses. That way the kids don't suffer because of some ignoramus that plays politics at inopportune times.