The ShineOnCass Foundation is offering a new $1,000 ShineOnCass Community Service Scholarship, to be awarded annually to one area high school senior who makes service and kindness part of everyday life.
The scholarship is created in honor and memory of Cassidy Charette, a longtime volunteer in the central Maine community and former Messalonskee student, who died in a hayride accident in 2014.
Qualified applicants must live in the school district of Lawrence, Messalonskee (Regional School Unit 18), Waterville or Winslow high schools; be accepted into a two-year associate degree program or four-year college/university; and demonstrate their commitment to service in their community.
The deadline to apply is Monday, April 22.
The scholarship is in addition to the foundation’s annual $4,000 ShineOnCass Memorial Scholarship, originally established by Cassidy’s Messalonskee High School’s class of 2016. The ShineOnCass Foundation awards over $10,000 in local scholarships every year supporting higher education, aspiring young violinists, youth soccer, children attending summer farm camps, and other awards recognizing youth service and kindness.
To apply for the ShineOnCass Community Service Award, or to learn more about other scholarship opportunities offered by the foundation, visit shineoncass.org.
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