Today, Sarah had her scholarship award ceremony from the Naperville Junior Women’s Club.  We met over at Mimi’s Restaurant, and they welcomed the 5 recipients of the $1000 scholarships heartily and really made them feel special.  They had a nice little program and read letters of recommendation about kids from their applications.  The one they chose to read for Sarah was from Jenny Smith, our Young Women’s President.  It was very sweet and very complementary of Sarah.

The Club executives in charge of the scholarships told us that this was a record year for applications and they had to have many more people review them.  Of these hundreds that came in, only 5 were chosen!  This made Sarah fell really special and VERY happy!  4 of the 5 made it to the awards ceremony.  After the event, they took pictures with the board and the recipients.

It turns out that one of the recipients is also a friend of Sarah’s and a member of the 3rd Ward!  It was fun to see them there, so the church was well represented!  🙂  It was also neat that Sarah is the first from Metea Valley High School to earn this award and scholarship!  Pretty cool!

It’s great to be able to have a little more $$$ to be able to put towards college, and Sarah will be working hard this summer to make as much as she can to cover her college expenses!  🙂

Way to go Sarah!  You’re GREAT!