BRUNSWICK

The Brunswick Masonic Lodge awards a $1,000 grant annually to graduating seniors from both Mt Ararat and Brunswick High Schools. The students are those applicants who have best embodied the Masonic principles of hard work and a positive contribution to their community. This year the selectees were Rebecca Schuman, a senior at Mt. Ararat High School, and Rebecca Bailey, a senior from Brunswick High School.

Rebecca Bailey provided educational leadership to elementary students needing extra assistance, was a member of the InterAct Club participating in volunteer activities both in school and the community and is an officer in the student government. In addition to holding jobs after school Rebecca was chairperson of the Prom Committee and volunteered at school open houses and during air shows at Brunswick Landing.

Rebecca Schuman is a member of the Student Senate and has volunteered in the community as a Salvation Army bell ringer, at Mid- Coast Hunger Prevention, in the youth group at her church as well as being a lay reader and acolyte. Being a three-season athlete, she helped teach middle school students lacrosse and soccer, she also volunteered as a student aid working with grades 3-5 and is a member of the National Honor Society.

These grants are awarded each year based on demonstrated community involvement and contribution, are not based on financial need, require that the student have a minimum of a B-plus average, and may be used for any post high school education at an accredited school.