P.E.O. scholarship awarded to BHS senior

Olivia Reed

The prestigious P.E.O. STAR Scholarship for the 2020-21 academic year was awarded to Olivia Reed, a senior at Bay High School. Olivia, the daughter of Amy and Bob Reed, was recommended for this scholarship by Chapter BG, Cleveland West. Reed has been accepted and will attend The Ohio State University where she plans to study environmental engineering beginning this fall.

The P.E.O. scholarship is a $2,500 award based on excellence in leadership, extra-curricular activities, community service, academics and potential for future success. The program is open to young women who are citizens or legal permanent residents of the United States or Canada and who are graduating high school seniors at the time of application. A student must be recommended by a P.E.O. chapter.

The P.E.O. Sisterhood, founded in 1869 at Iowa Wesleyan College, is an international philanthropic and educational organization which promotes increased educational opportunities for women. There are nearly 6,000 local chapters in the United States and Canada with almost 250,000 initiated members.

Gay Borchert

I am a longtime Bay resident and former speech pathologist with the Bay Schools. I have had the honor of helping to procure a $2500 STAR scholarship for Olivia Reed, BHS Senior from an international organization named P.E.O. which supports educational opportunities for women in the form of six grants, loans and scholarships and Cottey College in Nevada, Mo.

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Volume 12, Issue 13, Posted 10:11 AM, 07.07.2020