JAY, Maine – OTIS Federal Credit Union has awarded five scholarships of $500 each to five local high school graduates.
The winners included Bailey Coates of Spruce Mountain High School; Brandon Coates of Spruce Mountain High School; Lauren Ferland of Dirigo High School; Riley Gray of Spruce Mountain High School; and Abigail Thurston of Spruce Mountain High School.
The scholarship recipients submitted brief essays, along with a completed scholarship application; a letter of recommendation from a teacher or guidance counselor; and a copy of a letter of acceptance from a college, university, or technical school. To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants were required to be primary members of OTIS FCU, to be graduating high school seniors, to have been accepted to a post-secondary school, and to be beginning their higher education within one year of completing high school.