i am so very very proud of the owls club and the ladies auxiliary and the other members of the scholarship committee.

from 2001 til this last group of scholarships we have given out 53 for a total of $29,500 in $500.00 scholarships. that is a remarkable amount and i still can't quite wrap my head round it.

yesterday was the awards luncheon. we get to meet the winners and their families and hear them read their winning essays. then we had a lovely lunch prepared by the women of the ladies auxiliary. it went so nicely and as one committee member said in his closing remarks. seeing young people like these give hope for the future.(paraphrasing here)

he is right.

and a special "thank you" to a committee member's mother. mrs. filbert donated money for an extra scholarship this year in memory of her husband. what a wonderful way to honor his memory.