$500 award for community spirit

The application period is now open for the $500 Youth Citizenship Award offered by the Valley Service Organization (VSO) to graduating Carbon County School District 2 seniors.

Application forms are available from the counselor’s office at each of the district’s high schools. Home-schooled students are also eligible for this award according to Carol Beach, YCA project chairman for VSO.

Home-schooled seniors can obtain the application form by emailing her at [email protected].

Completed applications should be returned to:

VSO

P.O. Box 1601

Saratoga, WY 82301

by Monday, April 14. The winner will be honored at the organization’s May 23rd meeting.

Beach emphasized that the award is not a scholarship, but rather a cash award given directly to the student in recognition of his or her community service and understanding of what it is to be a good citizen.

“I would encourage students who have been actively involved in community and/or school service to apply,” she said. “It is not based on grade point average, but rather on service as a citizen in our communities.”

In the application, students are asked to describe their school and community involvement and activities and goals after high school, plus explain their definition of citizenship and how they applied this concept during their school years. They also are asked to tell how they plan to exemplify citizenship as an adult. A letter of reference must accompany the application. The letter is more fully explained in the application.

There are no strings attached to how the award is spent, Beach said.

For more information email Beach at the address above, or call 307-326-8012.