Samantha DeVito, winner of this year's Malta Sunrise Rotary $1,000 scholarship, joined us for the Zoom meeting on Thursday. Samantha, from Ballston Spa High School, will be attending Princeton University this fall (coronavirus permitting), where she hopes to major in economics and play lacrosse. Her brother Jake, our scholarship winner from a few years ago, also chimed in briefly during the meeting. "Be humble and kind" was the message Samantha says she got from her parents.
Runner-up, and recipient of a $500 award, was Lauren Vandenburgh of Shenendehowa High School. She plans to major in elementary education at the College of Saint Rose in Albany.
In other business, we won't be Zooming next Thursday but plan to meet for the first time in person post-pandemic -- outside, for an early dinner, at a location yet to be announced. This changeover event will include installation of new officers elected last week, namely: Larry Levine, president; Chris Luhn, president-elect; Mike Williams, membership chair and immediate past president; Cynthia Young, treasurer; Bob Conner, secretary; Steve Ames, finance chair; Estelle Genest, Foundation chair -- plus non-board members Bob Bonney, sergeant-at-arms, and Barbara Conner, publicity chair.
