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Lindy Cares and the Loyal Order of Moose assist local student with scholarship opportunities!
Each year, local Moose Lodge representatives ask high school officials across North America to recommend two high school students to State/Provincial Association Youth Awareness Congresses, which are held in October and November each year. Lindenhurst Community Coalition, Inc. facilitates the collaboration and helps connect students with opportunities to learn more about local civic and community based organizations that demonstrate good citizenship and caring for the community. Students are selected based on academic achievement and leadership qualities. Those who attend an Association Youth Awareness Congress are asked to create a Moose KidsTalks presentation by selecting a topic and developing a presentation around that topic. They are then asked to find opportunities, with the assistance of their sponsoring Moose Lodges and/or Women of the Moose Chapters, to speak to groups of 4 to 9 year-old children. There are numerous sources for potential audiences and in Lindy our scouting community answered the call providing time for the scouts to meet with Lindy Cares Board member Efrain Laguna to give him the opportunity to present his "Moose Talks Presentation". Each student is asked to present a minimum of three (3) Moose KidsTalks between the end of the Association Youth Awareness Congress and February 29, 2019. They are also asked to complete written reports on their presentations and submit them to their respective Association Youth Awareness Coordinator.
In early May each year, approximately 60 students, who attended Association Youth Awareness Congresses and completed the minimum of three (3) Moose KidsTalks presentations, are selected by their peers to attend the International Youth Awareness Congress. The 2019 International Youth Awareness Congress was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from April 25th-29th. At the conclusion of the International Congress, five students were selected by the attendees to receive scholarships. The winners were:
1st – $12,000 – Nguyen Ha Tran, CA2nd- $8,000 – Marilyn Newton, WI3rd – $5,000 – Andrew Littlefield, CO4th – $3,000 – Efrain Laguna, NY5th – $2,000 – Brayden Hornsby, WV
Congratulations to Efrain and special thanks to the collaboration of Lindenhurst organizations who made this achievement possible!