The lodge awards a $1,000 grant annually to graduating seniors from Mt. Ararat and Brunswick high schools who best embodied the Masonic principles of hard work and a positive contribution to their community.
No Brunswick High School students applied for the scholarship this year.
Minott “has been a mentor to younger children, a Junior Rotarian, and a member and president of the Mt. Ararat Interact Club,” a release from the lodge states. “As a member of the Interact Club, she did things like offering babysitting services to the Parent Partnership Night so that parents can participate without worrying about finding babysitters for their other children. She has also participated in the Cram The Van food drive for the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program (and) supported the Pennies for Peace, Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Walk, Muscular Dystrophy Hat Day and Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
She served as co-president of Mt. Ararat’s P.A.L.S. (Peers Assisting and Listening to Students) program, which helps freshmen and transfer students adjust to high school.
Minott also helped with blood drives, is a member of the National Honor Society, an usher at the Maine State Music Theatre and volunteered at Mid Coast Hospital in the pharmacy and maternity ward. She was an active member of the Substance Abuse Policy Committee and Tobacco Curriculum Program Committee for School Administrative District 75.
According to the release, Minott plans to major in biology in preparation for a career in medicine or teaching.
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