Service-Above-Self Scholarship – D.Y.W. of Mini-Cassia
Scholarship Application Form
The official motto of the Burley Rotary Club and Rotary International is “Service Above Self.” This motto conveys the philosophy of unselfish volunteer service; it embodies the goal of making service to others an integral part of who we are and who we can become.
SCHOLARSHIP:
The Burley Rotary Club will be awarding education scholarships of $300 to two of this year’s applicants.
RULES:
Only young women competing in the current-year “DYW of Mini-Cassia Scholarship Program” are eligible to apply. Applications must be submitted by the last day of March. Application is anonymous and will require the participant number instead of individual name. Winners will be announced at the award ceremony of the Mini-Cassia DYW Program. Scholarship winners will be required to provide their student identification number for the school they will be attending to ensure the scholarship payment is properly applied.
Application deadline is March 31.
AN EXAMPLE OF SERVICE ABOVE SELF:
Dorothy Uscola was a long-time member of the Burley Rotary Club and was our club’s first woman president (the first of many to later follow.) Her life was a wonderful example of what it means to serve others. For decades Dorothy would play the piano for Rotary-club meetings, her own church services , and countless other community events. She selflessly served as a member of many local boards and groups including: Bobcat Boosters, the Cassia Healthcare Foundation, PEO, the King Fine Arts Auxiliary, Mt. Harrison Heritage Foundation, Community Concert Board, Iris Homes and Gardens, and the Heyburn Alumni Association. Dorothy was a multi-time Paul Harris Fellow recipient having donated thousands of dollars to global causes like ending Polio and supporting education – both locally and abroad. Her love for education and the goal of helping the younger generation to become their best selves was always a joy to her. It is with her endowment (a final act of selfless service) that we are able to present these scholarships to some of the current and future Distinguished Young Women in our area.