Calling all local female high school students passionate about community service! The Junior League of Greenwich is now accepting applications for its Community Service Award.
Each year the Junior League of Greenwich designates funds to be awarded to a local female high school student through its Community Service Award. The award of $2,000 is intended to recognize a high school student who exemplifies the mission of the Junior League of Greenwich by demonstrating sustained commitment to community service. The recipient must be someone whose volunteer activities demonstrate initiative and significant and sustained commitment to community service and leadership.
To be eligible, the applicant must be a female high school student in grades 9-12, who lives in or attends school in Greenwich. The recipient must be someone whose volunteer activities demonstrate initiative, leadership, and a sustained commitment to community service.
Applications can be found at jlgreenwich.org and must include two written recommendations from non-family members knowledgeable of the student’s volunteer activities. The deadline for submission is April 4, 2025.
The Junior League of Greenwich presented the 2024 Community Service Award to Zara Haque, an 11th-grade student at Greenwich High School. Zara was selected for her work with the Greenwich Middle School STEM Fair and the STEM to Stern program. As STEM Coordinator for the Greenwich chapter of STEM to Stern, Zara developed and instructed five semesters of science research curriculum for middle school students recruited from the Boys & Girls Club.
For more information or questions visit our website at www.jlgreenwich.org or email [email protected].